Tango originated in the working class districts of Buenos Aires in the late 19th Century, but it has also conquered what is usually a rather sleepy town in the Arctic north of Finland. As far as the ...

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Back in July, there was this article in the New York Times, Finnish Tango: The Passion and the Melancholy. It could come to a surprise to some that such a heated and emotional dance from Argentina ...

The tango started in Argentina and it`s now a big hit on Broadway, but when you come down to cases the tango is as Finnish as the sauna. Or so today`s Finns think. Give them a warm summer night, the ...

ONE MAY not immediately associate Finland with tango, but this unique musical style has strong roots in this Nordic country. Slovaks were able to get a first taste of it on October 3, first in the ...

SEINAJOKI, Finland — Every July, this modest Finnish town, population 59,000, transforms several square blocks downtown into a vast dance hall. Stages are erected, tents are put up and thousands of ...

During the long summer nights in Finland, when the sun never completely sets, some 100,000 people travel to the Tangomarkkinat in Seinäjoki. The five-day festival in July transforms the streets of the ...

The Seinäjoki Tango Market has been arranged annually since 1985. It brings together lovers of the Finnish tango, a dance with a long history in Finnish popular culture. Although reminiscent of the ...

AFTER a taster of Finnish tango in 2012, this lesser known musical genre will return to the Slovak capital on May 28. This time, instead of a more intimate, smaller band, famous Finnish tango singer ...

Songwriter icon Toivo Kärki of Finland (1915-1992), often called the ‘father of Finnish tango’, would have celebrated his 90th birthday this fall. Pianist, composer, and New York resident Mika Pohjola ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Though half a world away from Argentina, the shy Finns have a passion ...

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