Argentine culture has diverse music, dance, sports, and food traditions. Music genres include tango, folk, pop, classical, and jazz. Traditional dances originate from different regions of the country and immigrant influences, such as the cheek-to-cheek chamame dance of northern Argentina. Popular sports include soccer, polo, field hockey, and tennis. Argentine cuisine features grilled meats like chorizo and chimichurri sauce, as well as breaded/fried dishes like empanadas and milanesas that vary regionally.

1. Argentine Culture Martha Plantz History 141

2. Music Argentine music is mostly known for tango, which developed in Buenos Aires but there are other music genres such as Folk, pop, classical, jazz Folk music included styles known as Andean- sounds of local winds; uses strings and percussion instruments Chacarera – The word “Chacra” means farm; uses spanish guitar and bomboleguero Chamame- Accordion based Pop music included Tango Argentine Rock Electronic Pop Cumbia Cuarteto

3. Dance Chamame- People dance cheek to cheek Originated in the northern parts of Argentina Settlers from Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria and Germany which blended with the African Cuarteto- Dance named after Cuarteto Leo Music is usually a solo singer piano, accordion, violin, or bandoneon Dancers gather in a circle and move counter-clockwise to a rhythm known as tunga-tunga Argentine Folk- Folk music re-emerged in the 1960’s bringing dance along with it Argentine Tango- First appeared in 1880’s Has developed into one of the most popular dances in the world

4. Sports Futbol (Soccer)- Known as the National Game Introduced in the 1860’s by the British soldiers The Argentine national team won the World Cup in 1978 and 1986 Polo- Since the Argentine Polo team won the first Olympic gold medal in 1924 they have dominated the sport Argentine Gonzalo Pieres is one of the best polo players in the world Pato- First played by the Gauchos Pato means ‘Duck’ The sport became dangerous and it was banned in 1882 In the late 1930s, the sport was revived with new rules Basketball, Rugby, Volleyball , Horse Racing are also important Argentine sports Field Hockey is becoming more and more popular Tennis was once only played by the wealthy, but now is played by young people across the country

5. Food Argentine cuisine has been influenced form Spanish, Italian, French, and other European cuisines Because of this it has its own distinct flavors in comparison to other Latin American cuisines Typical foods to Argentina are Grilled meats Asado (BBQ), Chorizo, Morcilla, Chinchulines, Mollejas Chimichurri – a sauce of herbs Breaded /fried meats Empanadas, Milanesas Depending on where you are regionally in Argentina the foods will change accordingly The regions are Central region (Las Pampas), Northwestern, Cuyo, Northeast, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego

6. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Argentina http://www.allaboutar.com/culture_dance.htm http://www.argentour.com/en/argentina/sport_in_argentina.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_cuisine#Typical_foods