Picture No | 10694115 |
Date | 1913 |
Description | Tango craze: the Pope assesses the tango, 1913 |
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Pope Pius X carefully watches as a couple perform the tango for him, so he can judge if the dance morally acceptable. The dance was deemed respectable for drawing room use, though the Pope expressed a preference for the Venetian furlana, an Italian folk dance of his youth.
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Source | Illustration in The Bystander, 28th February 1913, page 255. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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