Textu | The old way to do it
A trip to Buenos Aires is perfect for a tango show in the land of tango and a walk through the tango streets.
Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is known as the "Paris of South America", and the most emblematic of the "romantic style of Paris" is the "Tango Street" in the Boca District, the birthplace of tango.
Tango streets close to the port of Buenos Aires, although small in size, are extremely flavorful: colorful and slightly simple houses, artists who paint in the open air, dancers dressed in costumes ready to perform tango, cafes abound, tango-related murals, sculptures and stalls selling souvenirs, as well as idle, idle idlers, etc., making this small street only a few hundred meters colorful and full of style--- of course, this is the overall impression formed after the end of the tour
At that time, I heard people say that coming to Buenos Aires, if you don't walk around the "Tango Street", you will greatly reduce the trip to Argentina. Now it seems that this is not without reason.
Looking back, among the many attractions visited in Argentina, I am impressed by this "Tango Street" except for the "Devil's Throat" of the Iguazu Falls.
With its unique historical accumulation, rich cultural atmosphere and distinct Mediterranean style, this small street still reminds me of it and keeps reminiscing.
Walking into Tango Street, the first thing that attracts the attention is the colorful house, and it is red and green, without rules, very much like the result of the owner of the house. At first glance, it is simply unbearable, and the quality of the building is not high, and at first it seems to have entered a slum.
At that time, I was thinking, if such a house, if placed in China, may have been demolished and transformed a long time ago, can it be preserved from more than a hundred years ago to today?
In fact, this colorful color and old house is one of the characteristics and charms of Tango Street.
In fact, this tango street was originally where the lower riba people lived, which means that the elegant and graceful tango dance was not noble, it was created by a group of lowly people at the bottom of society.
Around the middle of the nineteenth century, many immigrants from Africa, North America, and Europe gathered near the port of Buenos Aires, now the Boca district, most of them laborers or sailors on ships.
These "migrant workers" built simple houses out of materials such as wood and iron plates, and over time a predominantly immigrant neighborhood was formed.
In order to make the simple houses look better, these poor people used to paint the paint on the docked ships, because the paint color was likely to be different each time, so that the houses in the neighborhood became colorful and colorful. This inadvertently adds a beautiful scenery to Buenos Aires.
It really echoes the old Chinese saying: "There is no intention to plant willows in the shade.
The lower living places must also have entertainment life! With the increasing number of immigrants in Boca District, hotels, bars, cafes, and red light districts have also appeared, and many immigrants with low social status and unstable life have made a living by singing and dancing in bars, or entertaining themselves to kill time, and slowly, a vulgar dance --- the initial stage of tango dance, was born in this neighborhood near the pier.
The statues on the balconies of the houses in the picture above truly reproduce the scene of life here at that time: the lights are red and green, and the debauchery is free.
From this, I can also understand why tango dance has a faint sadness and fiery and sexy emotional outpouring in its grace and magnificence.
Worthy of being a tango street, these street artists are "always ready" and ready to give you a beautiful tango performance. If you are willing to give some "silver", you can also "dance a song" with an elegant and handsome man or a beautiful and sexy woman, how good!
Like many of the country's most famous attractions, Tango Street today has evolved into a commercial street: full of small goods, restaurants are full of streets, tourists are weaving, bustling, bustling and bustling.
Although it is a commercial street, the artistic atmosphere is still very strong. Sculptures and murals that embody the local folklore and the history of Tango Street can be seen everywhere, as well as artists such as paintings and music.
All kinds of paintings with "tango" and "tango street" as the main material should be the main theme of tango streets. There are not a few street painters here who make a living from it and enjoy it. At the same time, it also makes this world-famous street" --- the birthplace of tango full of artistic atmosphere, and has not been overwhelmed by the commercial atmosphere.
Finally, be sure to show the pier where "Tango Street" is located--- the port of Buenos Aires, which is known as the first port in Argentina.
It was from here that a large number of African and European immigrants poured into Argentina in the nineteenth century. The large number of immigrants gathered near the port will bring the form of song and dance with the local indigenous culture, thus forming a tango.
To say, the real birthplace of tango should be the port of Buenos Aires, a place where immigrants landed.
(Finished in March 2018, revised in August 2022)