Dances of Argentina
Lloyd, A. L. The gaucho - 'a beggar on horseback' whose dance music was the strumming of a guitar and the jingling of his spurs - was the civiliser of the pampa. His presence, more than anything else, led to the creation of the essentially Argentine folk dance, for while the folk culture of the northern provinces is shared with Chile, Peru and Bolivia, the dances of the plains, the Chacareras and Escondidos, are Argentina's own exclusive property. And they...