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 * Argentina **

//**My Country Brochure Notes**//

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Buenos Aires
 * Argentina Capital:**

Spanish
 * Official Language:**


 * Food**
 * In Argentina, you would usually eat beef if you were on a diet.
 * A favorite way to entertain is the weekend "asado" (barbecue).
 * At an event, friends and family would come together to meeant and eat grilled meat,while sharing side dishes and spending hours relaxing.
 * The evening meal is lighter than the lunchtime meal.
 * Dinner is served later in the evening, but it can also be served after 9:00.


 * Fashion**
 * Most people wear modern fasions, but mostly in urban areas. You can find clothing from Europe or North America easily in Argentina cities. Tradidtional costumes representing a region's heritage may be worn on special ccasions or holidays but not on a daily bases Older people tend to wear more conservative styles and colors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Argentina_national_football_team
 * Sports **
 * Argentina's national sport is fútbol (soccer).
 * This sport was introduced by British soldiers, in 1860.
 * A special Argentinian sport is called Pato (duck), first played by the Guachos (cowboys). "Pato was originally played by two teams on horseback using a duck in a leather pouch with handles. Two players would grab the handles and pull until one let go. The winning team would ride away, while the opposing team tried to stop them and grab the pato. The sport became dangerous and banned in 1882. In the late 1930s, it was revived with new rules. Now two teams of four men on horseback attempt to throw the modern pato, a leather ball with six handles, into one of two basketsat either end of a large field."
 * Horse racing is another popular spectator sport. Races are held throughout the year. The two mostimportant eventsare the Argentine Republic Prize, held in April, and the Grand National in November.
 * Tennis used to be a sport only for the wealth untilthe Argtentinan Guillermo Vilas did wel in international competitions. Now it is playedby the young people throughout the country. Gabriela Sabatini, also an Argentinan, was ranked as one of the world's top women tennis players during her teenage years.