[Tango-L] 30 seconds of chit-chat an Argentine custom

[Ilene Marder]

yes , this is all true in terms of the "talk" time between dancing, 
especially in more socially restricted times...
but I've also had many people in BsAs, including some key milongueros, 
tell me it is because of the /music... /a good dancer wants to hear the 
beat before he starts ( and there were many tango songs with long intros 
before the "beat began")...
it is so wonderful to dance in a crowded BsAs milonga where  everyone is 
just  standing, and then all of sudden, as if by secret code, everyone 
starts dancing at the same time. Unforgettable!
I.

Sergio Vandekier wrote:

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>"What I've read about the chit chat in BsAs and it's origins, was that was the only chance for a young suitor to talk to the girl with whom he was dancing with, because it would not have been proper to sit next to her after the dancing; she was there with a chaperone. Remember the strong Catholic roots of South America and how difficult it is/was for a young man to get to knowa young, proper, woman, and to impress her. "
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