Tuesday 26 February 2013

Free Tango Classes by Guest Country Argentina in EMITT Fair


This year the Eastern Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Fair EMITT has commenced with a difference. With Argentina as the guest country of the EMITT fair the four-day fair held at Istanbul, Turkey offers not only insights into the travel and tourism industry but also free tango dance lessons.

The tourism professionals visiting the fair and visitors who wish to get know Argentina more closely have the opportunity to get tango classes on the stage, in addition to the chance to discover the hidden treasures of Argentina, one of the liveliest countries of Latin America.

Director of Ekin Fair, Hacer Aydın states that the visitors of the EMITT Fair can attend free tango classes everyday during the fair between 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM and that the visitors will be tutored on the intricacies of tango and get the chance to put them to practice on the stage to be built specially for this occasion.

Reminding that the definition of tango comes from African rhythms and ‘tangere’ which means to touch in Latin, Mercedes Parodi, Consulate General of Argentina in Istanbul states that the attendants of EMITT 2013 will get the chance to know the tango culture more closely. Indicating that tango is both the dance and the music, Parodi expresses that this dance which came into existence in Argentina became a culture that embraced the world and underlines that this culture will be presented to the attendants personally in EMITT 2013.

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