Tango originated in the working class districts of Buenos Aires in the late 19th Century, but it has also conquered what is usually a rather sleepy town in the Arctic north of Finland. As far as the ...

Back in July, there was this article in the New York Times, Finnish Tango: The Passion and the Melancholy. It could come to a surprise to some that such a heated and emotional dance from Argentina ...

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ONE MAY not immediately associate Finland with tango, but this unique musical style has strong roots in this Nordic country. Slovaks were able to get a first taste of it on October 3, first in the ...

THE land of a thousand lakes plays host to all manner of quirky pastimes. Competitive berry pickers flocked to Suomussalmi in 2016 for the World Championships. Annual wife-carrying contests take place ...

SEINAJOKI, Finland — Every July, this modest Finnish town, population 59,000, transforms several square blocks downtown into a vast dance hall. Stages are erected, tents are put up and thousands of ...

Saturday would have marked the final in the annual Seinäjoki Finnish Tango championships, which were cancelled for a second year in a row due to the pandemic. Tango arrived in Finland in 1913 as a ...

During the long summer nights in Finland, when the sun never completely sets, some 100,000 people travel to the Tangomarkkinat in Seinäjoki. The five-day festival in July transforms the streets of the ...

NEVER heard of Finnish tango? You’re not alone, as you are probably among the majority of people who would never associate the passionate and energetic Argentinean dance with the music of Finland.

Songwriter icon Toivo Kärki of Finland (1915-1992), often called the ‘father of Finnish tango’, would have celebrated his 90th birthday this fall. Pianist, composer, and New York resident Mika Pohjola ...

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