As
mentioned last week, Roland and I began our recent South American cruise in Buenos
Aires, Argentina. And what does that make you think of? The tango, of course.
On
our first full day in Buenos Aires, we went to lunch and a tango show at La
Ventana. We have discovered that music and dance shows on excursions are
usually geared toward tourists and vary greatly in quality. This show was quite
good, however. The photo at the top and the following one show some of the
dancers.
Besides the dancers, the tango show included a couple who could have been in a circus because of their skills with their hands, both on drums and with swinging ropes. That’s the next two photos.
The next day we were docked in Montevideo, Uruguay, where we visited the Museo del Carnaval. Uruguay outdoes New Orleans by celebrating Carnival for 40 days. Aside from the costumes and parades, there are Murga groups presenting musical stage shows that are mostly satire on the national and world-wide political situation. We saw a show at the museum, and it was pretty interesting. Instead of politics, however, this show was designed to explain what Murga groups are and do. That’s the final three photos.
From there, our trip concentrated more on wildlife and geography, which I covered in earlier blog posts. The entire trip was entertaining and educational, but next week I’ll leave South America and turn to another subject.
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