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3 unusual facts about Finnish tango


Tango on intohimoni

"Many people ask what the meaning of life is. I know: it's tango." So says Virtanen, the hero of Tango on intohimoni, or Tango is my Passion, the definitive Finnish tango novel.

Tango on intohimoni (or Tango is my Passion) is a novel about Finnish tango written by M. A. Numminen.

Virtanen is a tango obsessive, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject, which he insists on sharing with everybody he meets.



see also

Jukka Ammondt

In 2001 Ammondt recorded a new album, Three Songs in Sumerian, featuring Blue Suede Shoes, verses from Gilgamesh, and a translation of the Finnish tango Satumaa sung in ancient Sumerian.