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Uruguay: 365 versions of La Cumparsita

Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, D.R. of Congo, France, Guadeloupe, Nigeria, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Arts & Culture, Education, Ethnicity & Race, History, Migration & Immigration, Music

Three hundred and sixty five versions of one of the most famous tangoes in the world, La Cumparsita, will be played in Independence Plaza in Montevideo, which is the site where it was played for the first time 91 years ago [1]. Café Montevideo [es] has more details.