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Uruguay
Arts
:
Candombe
(African
influenced rhythms played on the tabor or drum) and Tango,
predominantly occupy the popular feeling of city music, its
maximum expression being "La Cumparsita", composed
by Gerardo Mattos Rodriguez in a cafe in Montevideo by the
same name.
Sports:
Most sports are played in Uruguay, however
fútbol (soccer) is the sport and passion of the Uruguayan
people and has been a symbol that has represented Uruguay
in the world.
Among the championships obtained by the
Uruguayan National Team ("Celeste") are the Olympics
of 1924 and 1928 (validated by FIFA as World
Cups), the first World Cup Jules Rimet in 1930 (inaugurating
the Estadio Centenario de Montevideo, declared by FIFA "Historical
Monument of World Soccer") and in 1950 in Maracana
(Brazil).
Its two most successful league teams Nacional
and Peñarol have captured the Intercontinental (the South
American team champion versus the European team champion)
six times (1961, 66 and 82 Peñarol; 1971, 80 and 88
Nacional).
Only four teams in all the world won this
Cup three times: Nacional, Peñarol, Real Madrid and Milan
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