Buenos Aires celebrated National Tango Day on Saturday with hundreds of dancers putting their best foot forward on the famed Avenida de Mayo.
Traffic came to a standstill as more than 10 bands performed on stages erected along the avenue to provide a musical backdrop for tango aficionados taking part in the Gran Milonga Nacional (Big National Milonga).
The event is staged each year on the first Saturday of December, ahead of the National Day of Tango which is marked on 11 December and celebrates the birthday of two of the most important and influential tango musicians in Argentina – Carlos Gardel and Antonio Caro.