Argentinian DNA
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Argentinian DNA: More than a Game. Exploring Argentina's passion for football
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Argentinian DNA: Immigrants of Argentina. In search of a better life in Argentina
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Argentinian DNA: The Fracture. Argentina’s violent past feeds left-right political battle
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Argentinian DNA: A Different Argentina. Rural Argentina, land of cowboy rodeos, tap-dancing and big barbecues
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Argentinian DNA: Music of the Downtrodden . Seeking comfort in Cumbian rhythms
Argentinian DNA: A Different Argentina. Rural Argentina, land of cowboy rodeos, tap-dancing and big barbecues
RT correspondent Francisco Guaita takes us to another Argentina, rural, remote, and less international. It’s a land of barren plateaus, where boys choose between getting a PlayStation or a horse. A land where gauchos, chivalrous cowboys who must be generous to everyone, dream of winning rodeo competitions that are bigger than the World Cup.
Two thousand kilometres from Buenos Aires, Native American women weave leaves into handbags, hoping to sell them to tourists. The men burn logs into charcoal, to feed their countrymen’s addiction to barbecues. Argentinians are the world’s second-biggest consumers of beef.Here, whole animals are roasted for family and friends in massive fiestas.
Traditional troupes keep the spectacular 400-year-old malambo tap-dancing folklore alive, with the sound of drums and guitars.
The grow-ups would like better jobs, better roads. The children don’t ever want to leave. They say it’s the true Argentina.
