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ARGENTINA: PART 2Jean Lowry
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CULTURE… Argentine culture has significant
European influences. Buenos Aires, its cultural capital, is largely characterized by both the prevalence of people of European descent, and of conscious imitation of European styles in architecture
Argentina has a rich literary history, as well as one of the region's most active publishing industries
The struggle between the Federalists and the Unitarians set the tone for Argentine literature of the time
Argentine literature of that period was fiercely nationalist
It was followed by the modernist movement, which emerged in France in the late 19th century, and this period in turn was followed by vanguardism, with Ricardo Güiraldes as an important reference
Numerous Argentine architects have enriched their own country's cityscapes and, in recent decades, those around the world
The Argentine film industry creates around 80 full-length motion pictures annually
CULTURE… CONT’D The Teatro Colón is a national
landmark for opera and classical performances; its acoustics are considered the best in the world.
Tango, the music and lyrics (often sung in a form of slang called lunfardo), is Argentina's musical symbol
The golden age of tango(1930 to mid-1950s) mirrored that of Jazz and Swing in the United States, featuring large orchestral groups too, like the bands of Osvaldo Pugliese, Anibal Troilo, Francisco Canaro, Julio de Caro and Juan D'Arienzo
European classical music is well represented in Argentina
The Argentine television industry is large and diverse, widely viewed in Latin America, and its productions seen around the world
Argentines enjoy the highest availability of cable and satellite television in Latin America, similar to percentages in North America
CULTURE… CONT’D The official national sport of Argentina is
pato, played with a six-handle ball on horseback, but the most popular sport is association football
Basketball is the second most popular sport; a number of basketball players play in the U.S. National Basketball Association and European leagues
The Vamos vamos Argentina chant is a trademark of Argentine fans during sporting events
Besides many of the pasta, sausage and dessert dishes common to continental Europe, Argentines enjoy a wide variety of Indigenous and Criollo creations, which include empanadas (a stuffed pastry), locro (a mixture of corn, beans, meat, bacon, onion, and gourd), humitas and yerba mate, all originally indigenous Amerindian staples, the latter considered Argentina's national beverage
The Argentine wine industry, long among the largest outside Europe
SOURCE…
"Argentina." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 25 July 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina>.