2009, September 30 – UNESCO, “TANGO IS CULTURAL HERITAGE”
Special Event – today in 2009, the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared Tango as part of the world’s “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”….the 24 members of the Committee of Intangible Heritage, meeting in Abu Dhabi, in its 4th session, had entertained a joint petition from Argentina and Uruguay
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Argentina and Uruguay have argued for nearly 100 years over who have been the authentic originators of tango, both for example, claiming to be the birthplace of tango legend Carlos Gardel….but they had agreed to sideline their disagreements to present a united effort to persuade Unesco to list the tango
among its traditions worth safeguarding for humanity.
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- CLICK HERE – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpiFDh9MqQQ to see the video produced and presented by both nations as part of their petition to the committee on Intangible Heritage in 2008 in Abu Dhabi