[Tango-L] Re to your question

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Charles wrote:
>..few isolated images of tango (not to mention a few isolated 
>musical phrases) evolved tangentially into something else. It is a bit like seeing 
>one or two swing steps and basing instruction on that over a period of fifty 
>years without checking back to see how it actually continued to evolve in its 
>country or culture of origin. In a sense that is how ballroom tango happened. I 
>have never been to Finland but would be curious about what tango looks like 
>there, since it is the national dance (no kidding!). They were so enamoured of 
>the craze that it was completely absorbed into their culture, but whether they 
>dance like Argentines is another question.
>Any Finnish out there to enlighten us?
>Cheers,
>Charles

Charles,
I just wrote a lengthy post about the origins of tango in Finland in November or December.
Go to Tango-L website and scroll back to find it.

Cheers,
JK