Tango dancers performing at the milonga ‘La Cachila’, in the Nuevo Gricel tango night club in Buenos Aires. — AFP
ARGENTINA’s biting economic crisis cannot keep tango enthusiasts from seeking out the haunting tunes of piano and concertina music at a dwindling number of dance halls in the capital.
For many, in fact, the deepening hardship is exactly what drives them to seek solace in the arms of a dance partner at places called “milongas” to the sway of a musical genre closely associated with working class struggle.
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