Argentines embrace the tango in annual festival
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Argentines are embracing their partners and gliding at the world's largest annual tango festival and championship.
The two-week long offering of more than 500 free dance lessons, concerts and recitals began Tuesday evening in the capital of Buenos Aires.
It included a homage to Astor Piazzolla, Argentina's most popular player of the bandoneon, the concertina-like accordion that is synonymous with Tango.
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Hundreds of professional dancers will compete in the championship and teach many the eight basic steps of the dance in the city where it was born.