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Tango identifies our country as few other things do; but, in spite of that, in Internet such an importance is not evidenced. Even though there are some portals with thorough information, it is somehow difficult to find a good site devoted to Gardel.

Around the 1880s at the southern part of the city of Buenos Aires the immigrants, that tried their chances in neighborhoods near the port, spent their nights at the brothels. The women who accompanied them no longer were enough amusement for their hours of rest, and a music of uncertain origin started to accompany them.
In the subsequent years, the spreading of this genre, which could be called pre-tango, was present in the marginal locals where guapos (brave guys) and cuchilleros (knife men) had the leading voice .
The first period of development of our city music lasted until 1895; the following ten years were filled by the so-called tango criollo; and only in 1905 we can place the Argentine or porteño tango which is with us up to the present.
Quite far from the cybernetic era, tango had periods of splendor and decline. But in the latest years it came out of that secluded corner in which it was hidden to regain strength and come back with an overwhelming impulse of worldwide influence. And as nowadays everything that shines is taken to Internet, tango disembarked on the web as well.

Due to the impossibility of tracing back the history of tango through its protagonists, it is convenient to turn to other important portals that gather a very useful information about many of them. The site Todo Tango (www.todotango.com.ar) stands out because of its design and because it has a quite complete section devoted to Gardel where you can find chronicles of his life, his discography and audio files. At the section "The artists" you can find very good biographies, but the main dish of the site is "The library". There some curiosities are told like, for example, the origin of the famous blonde Rubia Mireya.

The stuff is in the Web
Lunfardo (Buenos Aires slang) revives at each bar of the two-four beat and becomes an everlasting thing for our everyday language. Internet as well has recognized its importance and most sites devoted to tango have a space for the city language. Undoubtedly, the best about this jargon can be found in the abovementioned Todo Tango (www.todotango.com.ar). At the section "The Library" the "Lexicón" lunfardo dictionary will appear.