Argentina Guide: Culture

If you really want to make a new life in a country, you need to understand the people who live there. Find useful and interesting information about Argentina culture and history, its people, traditions, customs and more. Post in our forums to exchange information or to get in touch with locals.

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  Friend's Day

  An Argentine Tradition

  “Cuando llueve, comparto me paraguas, si no tengo paraguas, comparto la lluvia” “When it rains, I’ll share my umbrella, if I don’t have an umbrella, I’ll share the rain” -Enrique Ernesto Febbraro

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  Yerba Mate

  Drink in the Argentine History and Flavor

  If you go to Argentina, you will drink mate. If you meet an Argentine outside of Argentina, he or she will tell you about it, or maybe even go so far as to invite you to try a sip. So, what’s the big deal? What is this beverage that is so iconic in the South American country?

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  The Argentine Tango

  A Dance Entwined in History

  Warning: tango contains highly addictive ingredients, such as pain, pleasure, passion, excitement, connection, freedom, torment, and bliss. In seven out of ten cases it takes over a person's life.- Naomi Hotta

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