The annual World Tango Festival and Championship has begun in Buenos Aires.<br /><br />The Salon tango dancers took to the floor in competition in the qualifiers,<br /><br />“We’re really happy, because tango has had a huge effect on our lives”, said a Russian couple.<br /><br />“Tango for me means to give and hand over all the emotion and passion that there is in me,” said Alejandro from Chile.<br /><br /> An international gathering of the finest dancers performs in front of an international audience<br /><br />“The passion is because I met my husband dancing tango and I felt the feeling of his hug,” said one woman. <br /><br />And the discerning eyes of a panel of judges watches every move..<br /><br />Buenos Aires, the global tango hotspot, is the birthplace of the popular dance which originated in the city’s working class ports at the turn of the 19th century.<br />
