AR+Tradition+Culture

http://www.teavana.com/The-Teas/Mate-Teas/
 * Mate**

Most immigrants were single men hoping to earn their fortunes in this newly expanding country. They were typically poor and desperate, hoping to make enough money to return to Europe or bring their families to Argentina. The evolution of tango reflects their profound sense of loss and longing for the people and places they left behind. Most likely the tango was born in African-Argentine dance venues attended by compadritos, young men, mostly native born and poor, who liked to dress in slouch hats, loosely tied neckerchiefs and high-heeled boots with knives tucked casually into their belts. The compadritos took the tango back to the Corrales Viejos—the slaughterhouse district of Buenos Aires—and introduced it in various low-life establishments where dancing took place: bars, dance halls and brothels. It was here that the African rhythms met the Argentine milonga music (a fast-paced polka) and soon new steps were invented and took hold.
 * Tango** (//La Boca, a working class neighborhood in Buenos Aires//)

Beginning in the mid 1800s, the growth of the cattle industry and the expansion of Buenos Aires westward, forced many indigenous people to abandon their tribes to work on the farms and mix with the white population; in is the way the gauchos were born. The gaucho plays an important symbolic role in the nationalist feelings of this region, especially that of Argentina and Uruguay. The image of the free gaucho is often contrasted to the slaves who worked the northern Brazilian lands. The gauchos were and still are proud and great horseriders. Typically, a gaucho's horse constituted most of what he owned in the world. The gaucho diet was composed almost entirely of beef while on the range, supplemented by yerba mate, an herbal tea-like drink rich in caffeine and nutrients. Argentine cooking draws influence from the simple but delicious recipes used in gaucho meals. Gauchos dressed quite distinctly from North American cowboys, and used bolas (a type of slingshot)
 * Gauchos** (//cowboys//)

(//Famous singer, national hero, made tango internationally popular//) Known as El Zorzal Criollo, the songbird of Buenos Aires, Carlos Gardel is a legendary figure in Argentina. He was born on 11th December 1890, in Toulouse (France). The charismatic singer's career coincided with the development of that intrinsically Argentine cultural icon, the tango (the traditional Argentinean music).
 * Carlos Gardel (**//singer//**)**


 * Alfajores** (//very popular sandwich cookie filled with sweet cream, usually dulce de leche//)