Uruguayan Ambassador to Korea Pablo Scheiner, left, and Argentine Ambassador Dario Cesar Celaya Alvarez deliver the opening remarks for a ceremony to mark Tango Day at the Art Hall of Yongsan District Office in central Seoul on Dec. 11. [MICHAEL LEE]
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The performances, held for the International Day of Tango, showed how passion can become a diplomatic language and highlighted the vibrant tango community in Seoul, thousands of miles from Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
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The ceremony opened with a joint speech by the ambassadors of Argentina and Uruguay, the two nations that cradle tango¡¯s origins. The two ambassadors ? engaging in a friendly, almost conversational duet ? evoked the intertwined histories of their nations and the music that binds them. Tango, they reminded the audience, was not merely entertainment but a product of migration, hybrid identity and shared struggle.
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¡°Buenos Aires and Montevideo were the birthplace of tango,¡± Uruguayan Ambassador Pablo Scheiner said. ¡°We always say that tango is a creation of two shores, a child of the Rio de la Plata, a cultural and historical bridge that unites our countries.¡±
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Argentine Ambassador Dario Cesar Celaya Alvarez added that tango, like jazz, traveled the world to become universal. Its power to fuse song, dance and emotional narrative, he said, explains why it has become ¡°part of the human repertoire.¡± In 2009, Unesco recognized tango as part of the world¡¯s Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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The ambassadors also praised Korea¡¯s fast-growing tango community ? its dancers, milongas, academies and enthusiasts ? whose devotion has made Seoul an unlikely but vibrant center for the art form. Yongsan District, they announced, will host two major events next year: the Pacific Tango Championship in June 2026 and the Korea Tango Championship in February 2026. Both will take place at the Art Hall of the Yongsan District Office, which Alvarez declared ¡°the Tango District of Seoul and Korea.¡±
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BY MICHAEL LEE AND TRANSLATED BY SARAH KIM [lee.junhyuk@joongang.co.kr, kim.sarah@joongang.co.kr] ±âÀÚ admin@119sh.info