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| Street dancers in San Telmo, the oldest neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
But the story has not failed. There is a very descriptive picture in the first paragraph – a scene that shows the normal setting of an Argentinean street. Imagine seeing some old men dealing cards in corner bars while hearing Carlos Gardel’s singing out of a transistor radio. On the other side, a child is playing the bandoneón for tourists in the subway and people are dancing in tango music that comes from a beat-up sound system. Readers experience every detail that draw them in and make them feel as if they are actually living the story. I could hear the songs of Carlos Gardel and the music from the bandoneón while sitting on my couch. I have never been to Argentina, but the scenes arise in my mind unconsciously.
The video below shows the tango dance scene from the movie Scent Of A Woman (1992). The music is "Por una cabeza" by Carlos Gardel.
Readers are ‘dragged’ into another scene by ‘walking past the Sunday night milonga in San Telmo's Plaza Dorrego’ and ‘seeing eager young travelers putting their first tango lessons to the test’. The milonga is a place where you can find young tourists dancing cheek-to-cheek with experienced partners who are three times their age. Knowing that foreigners are truly entranced by the melancholic tango in this way is more far interesting than reading a boring sentence stating the fact that tourists are enthusiastic in tango.
It is these vivid and descriptive sentences that give the readers a truly memorable way to digest the message that the writer tries to convey. The descriptions and scenes are exciting enough to keep the attention of the readers.
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