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Initially, the practice of Candombe was practiced exclusively by black people, who had designed special places called “Tangós”. This word originated sometime in the 19th century the word "Tango", but at that time not yet with its present meaning. Today, candombe is still practiced by Afro-Argentine and non-black populations across Argentina.
The Italian population in Argentina is the third largest in the world, and the second largest (after Brazil) outside of Italy, [25] More than 20 million people (47% of Argentina's population according to Argentine government websites).
The proportion of people under 15, at 22%, is somewhat below the world average (25%), and the cohort of people 65 and older is relatively high, at 12%. [5] The percentage of senior citizens in Argentina has long been second only to Uruguay in Latin America and well above the world average, which is currently 9.8%.
Argentina is a multiethnic society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, denomination, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. [20] [21] [22] As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to ...
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Mulatto (/ m j uː ˈ l æ t oʊ /, / m ə ˈ l ɑː t oʊ /) (original Italian spelling) is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry only. When speaking or writing about a singular woman in English, the word is mulatta (Spanish: mulata).
A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra ...
Nancy Sutley - Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Susana Torre - Argentine-born American architect, critic and educator; Rodolfo Valentin - New York City hairdresser and entrepreneur; Alex Yemenidjian - CEO of Armenco Holdings and Regal Entertainment Group; Hector Arzeno - businessman, banker and politician