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chamamé
Chamamé (Guarani for: party, disorder) is a folk music genre from northeast Argentina and Argentine Mesopotamia. In 2020, Chamamé was inscribed in UNESCO's Intangible cultural heritage list after it was nominated by Argentina in 2018.
chacarera
250px|thumb|Couple dancing a chacarera in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Chacarera is a dance and music that originated in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It is a genre of folk music that, for many Argentines, serves as a rural counterpart to the cosmopolitan imagery of the Tango. A dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or in small ensembles of voice, guitar, violin and bombo drum, the Chacarera is often legitimized by its “origin” in the remote province of Santiago del Estero.
cueca
thumb|A couple dancing Cueca at Palacio de La Moneda during El Dieciocho thumb|People dancing Cueca in 1906
zamba
traditional dance of Argentina. It is a style of Argentine music and Argentine folk dance
murga
thumb|, an Uruguayan murga group performing on the occasion of the inauguration of Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez, Montevideo, March 2005 Murga is a form of popular musical theatre performed in Argentina, Panama, Spain and Uruguay during the Carnival season. Murga groups also operate in the Buenos Aires Carnival, though to a lesser extent than in Montevideo; the Argentinian murga is more centred on dancing and less on vocals than the Uruguayan one. Uruguayan murga has a counterpart in Cádiz, Spain, from which it is derived, the chirigota, but over time the two have diverged into distinct f
carnavalito
thumb|Carnavalito dance in Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina. The Carnavalito () is a traditional indigenous dance from the Argentinian Altiplano and puna regions, usually performed during religious festivities. Its current form is an expression of a syncretism between Pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial culture. It is a collective dance which is joyful in nature.
cumbia villera
Argentinian music genre
cuarteto
Cuarteto (), sometimes called cuartetazo, is a musical genre born in Córdoba, Argentina.
Gato
style of Argentine music and the associated dance
Malambo
Folk dance of Argentina