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Digest from 30 Sep 1999 to 1 Oct 1999

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Topics of the day:

  1. neues von www.saludo.de
  2. PIROPOS OF THE DAY
  3. Piropos
  4. Piropos y El Fileteado - Not short but not very long either -
  5. Copenhagen Tango, places to sleep





Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:10:16 +0200
From:    Mark von Rahden <mark @FARM.DE>
Subject: neues von www.saludo.de

Hola!

The Events calendar of http://www.saludo.de / now
has a form for your announcements, as well as the
new column " Tango Links ".
The old address www.is bremen.de does no longer exist,
please update your links.

Der Events-Kalender von http://www.saludo.de/
hat nun eine Maske f=FCr die Aufnahme von Infos zu
Tango-B=E4llen sowie die neue Rubrik "Tango-Links".
Die alte Adresse www.is-bremen.de existiert nicht
mehr, bitte =E4ndert eure links.

Saludos, Mark





Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:28:36 -0400
From:    SERGIO <SERGIO @NCINTER.NET>
Subject: PIROPOS OF THE DAY

Morocha, te moves como el Bolshoi!
Brunet, you move like the Bolshoi Ballet.

Hermosa, atraes tanto que sos como una pared magnetica.
Beautiful, you atract so much that you are like a magnetic wall.

I dedicate this piropos to all the beautiful ladies in our list.





Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 1999 14:01:37 -0400
From:    Nancy Ingle <ningle @RHS.BREVARD.K12.FL.US>
Subject: Piropos

My favorite, delivered on the streets of Madrid:

  Ay!  Si tu cocinas como caminas, quiero comer los rasgos!

  OH!  If you cook like you walk, I want to eat the scraps!


   Gotta' tell you it is a real thrill for a 50+ woman to hear after a hard
day of being a tourist!!

Nancy Ingle

"He danced well, as if it were natural and joyous in him to dance, [with] a
certain subtle exultation like glamour in his movement, and his face the
flower of his body."       D. H. Lawrence





Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 1999 23:18:38 -0400
From:    SERGIO <SERGIO @NCINTER.NET>
Subject: Piropos y El Fileteado - Not short but not very long either -

We have been discussing some of the characteristic elements of Buenos Aires,
such as Los Piropos. The habit of delivering a verbal flower to the ladies
that pass by, while you are walking in the street.The perennial flirting, in
the form of staring, smiling, winking, slight contact, innocently delivered
and received, in the street, parks, stores, public transportation, etc.

Another characteristic of Buenos Aires has been EL FILETEADO, an art and a
craft, in the form of beautiful paintings, that are exhibited by trucks,
colectivos (small busses)and in the past also by the carts of fruit vendors,
milkmen, etc.
They were originally introduced in Argentina by immigrants that brought the
ORNATTO ITALIANO AND THE FRENCH ROCOCO, pictorial artistic forms that would
very soon take their unique expression, usually combined with phrases such
as, in a truck, "What is heavy is not the load, but the taxes" -  "Lo que
pesa no es la carga, son los impuestos"; another trucker " Y yo que pensaba
ser doctor" - "Look at me! I thought I was going to be a Medical Doctor"- or
the MODEST one that says," Las rubias, las pelirrojas y las morenas son el
alivio de mis penas" - " The blonds, the red haired, and the brunettes,
alleviate my sorrows".

The art of The Filete and the Fileteadores are part of the Folklore of the
City, rooted very deeply in the urban mentality, associated as a typical
expression of a sector of the population; usually blue collar workers that
express their feelings, touching different areas such as love, work,
friendship, or sarcastic complaints.
Those that visit Buenos Aires may find pieces of fileteado at the Sunday
flee market in San Telmo.





Date:    Fri, 1 Oct 1999 07:35:54 +0200
From:    Marco van Zanden <argtango @EURONET.NL>
Subject: Copenhagen Tango, places to sleep

Dear List,

I will be going to Copenhagen tomorrow and already found some places
to dance but..
Can anyone recommend a good place to sleep there; a cheap hotel maybe
?

thanks in advance

Marco
Tango @mypage.org





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