▁Ta qu ito ▁Mil itar ▁by ▁Mar iano ▁M ores ▁played ▁a ▁monument al ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁the ▁t ango ▁and ▁a ▁major ▁effect ▁on ▁Argent in ian ▁culture ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁This ▁song ▁was ▁premier ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁during ▁a ▁government al ▁speech ▁of ▁President ▁Juan ▁D . ▁Per ón , ▁which ▁generated ▁a ▁strong ▁political ▁and ▁cultural ▁controvers y ▁between ▁different ▁views ▁of ▁the ▁concepts ▁of ▁" c ult ured " ▁music ▁and ▁" pop ular " ▁music , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁links ▁between ▁both ▁" c ult ures ". ▁ ▁T ango ▁decl ined ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁economic ▁de pression ▁and ▁the ▁b anning ▁of ▁public ▁gather ings ▁by ▁the ▁military ▁dict ator ships ; ▁male - only ▁t ango ▁practice — the ▁custom ▁at ▁the ▁time — was ▁considered ▁" public ▁gather ing ". ▁That , ▁indirect ly , ▁boost ed ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁rock ▁and ▁roll ▁because , ▁unlike ▁t ango , ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁require ▁such ▁gather ings . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁t ango ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁UN ES CO ▁Int ang ible ▁Cultural ▁Heritage ▁List s . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁pre domin ant ▁theories ▁regarding ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁" t ango ." ▁The ▁African ▁culture ▁is ▁cred ited ▁by ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁as ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁this ▁word . ▁It