Payada
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The payada is a folk music tradition native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and south Paraguay as part of the Gaucho culture and Gaucho literature. In Chile it is called paya and performed by
Payada in a pulpería by Carlos Morel
Juan Arroyo, Argentine payador, c. 1870
Payador playing in his rancho, c. 1890s
Afro-Argentines
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Afro-Argentines, also known as Black Argentines, are Argentines who have predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry. The Afro-Argentine population is the result of people being brought over d
Afro-Argentines representing Senegal during a 2010 Day of the Immigrants celebration in Buenos Aires
Statue of "Slavery" also known as "The Slave", Francisco Cafferata, in the Parque Tres de Febrero, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
In the background is the citadel, flying the newly designed Argentine flag. In the foreground Afro-Argentine women are washing clothes in the river.
Afro-Argentine family of Buenos Aires, 1908