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a man practicing a tango move in a dance studio in Argentina
August 28, 2020

Solo Tango

A man practices his tango moves at a dance studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Enslaved Africans originated tango in the ports between Argentina and Uruguay in the 1880s, merging traditional African dances with traditional South American ones.
Photograph by Pablo Corral Vega, Nat Geo Image Collection

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