This is a follow-up to my previous post. I am paraphrasing the update Tanguillo posted, since it is in Spanish. But you can go there to read the information directly, if you speak Spanish.
Apparently, the cancellation is the result of that time-honored tradition: a change of power. The new Chief of the Government of the City has installed his cronies in the positions that decide what festival gets done where, by who, etc. It seems that this replacement was done in the most insidious and disrespectful manner, dismantling and evicting the previous organization from the premises it had occupied for the past 10 years - and giving them 48 hours to do so.
It would seem, from what I read, that an International Tango Festival will be taking place at Café Tortoni on Monday the 17th, at 3 pm. That's all it says. Which leaves me wondering just what sort of international Tango festival takes place on one Monday afternoon? Which they have an entire weekend to plan?...
My heart is heavy and sad. I grew up in Mexico and this is soooo familiar. It is the main reason that I do not share the dream of "moving to Buenos Aires".
Friday, December 14, 2007
Outlawing Tango ? Take 2
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Do you think they will change the festival that much? They have such a huge following and I can imagine that the festival makes so much money for the local economy that they wouldn't want to mess with it too much? Maybe the changing of the guard is mostly for show and things will go on business as usual? Cronyism happens all over: SF is chock full of it, but things never really get too much better or worse.
From what I've been able to gather, it's just like the changing of the guard anywhere else. New people in the government, who bring in THEIR friends to run things. I don't know if the Festival was run by private peeps or government peeps. But either way, they have a lot of organizing to do if they're going to be up and running by February.
Oh Johanna, we are not very happy former Boca Juniors President (does this explain who voted for him and yet will suffer the most)Macri´s government is ruling the city of Buenos Aires. I just shake my head at all the crap in the newspaper Mr.T points out for me.
Isabella (you're sooooo cute), local politics are just that: local. It is very difficult for us to have any meaningful opinion of things happening in distant places.
Although it was the original threat of "cancellation" which panicked me, I was partially relieved to learn it will continue, even if under different auspices. Change is always inevitable, and I am certain that for the group who has been at the helm of the festival for the past 10 years, it is disastrous.
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