:) Let's talk about the Finnish Tango. Dancing in Finland.

     

The Finns generally appreciate their own  personal space

The Finns  like  to be able to wave their arms around themselves without  being able to touch anybody.

To Invade a Finn's personal space is considered quite extremely rude.

However there is one lovely exception to this rule..

The Tango.

Dancing the Tango

This Finnish Tango preferably takes by the  tanssilava ​​​​​​​ lakeside.

Each year there is a tango-singing competition

It is called Tangomarkkinat in Seinajoki.

Each year a new Tango King and Queen are chosen there.

Comments

[Ifphigenia]

Wonderful, how amazing to take an iconic South Anerican dance and turn it into something uniquely Finnish, so Finnish that it even merits its own entry in Wikipedia. What a lovely tradition. Thank you again for the interesting article. :-)

[jack elliot]

it is a nice way to adapt