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Cortina

A cortina is a short piece of music played between tandas at a milonga to signal that the tanda has ended., La cortina es una pequeña pieza o fragmento de música ligera que separa las tandas de una milonga., and The cortina confirms that the tanda is over, a social signal that it is time to change partners.††† Cortina: La cortina da tiempo para acompañar a la pareja a su mesa al final de la tanda. and Cortinas are used at many milongas in Argentina and Uruguay and increasingly elsewhere.††

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Glossary meaning A cortina is a short piece of music played between tandas at a milonga to signal that the tanda has ended.

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Glossary meaning La cortina es una pequeña pieza o fragmento de música ligera que separa las tandas de una milonga.

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Glossary meaning The cortina confirms that the tanda is over, a social signal that it is time to change partners.

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La cortina da tiempo para acompañar a la pareja a su mesa al final de la tanda.

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Cortinas are used at many milongas in Argentina and Uruguay and increasingly elsewhere.

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