In the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" there is a cave door that can only be opened by the magical phrase "Open, Sesame". Similarly, in tango there is a door to cabeceo success which can only be opened by a magical incantation. This *unspoken* incantation is used by followers to ward off cabeceo confusion, and avoid cabeceo hijacking. It's simple to invoke, has no cost, and no downside. The silent incantation is: "We Ight". [** see footnote **] I periodically witness followers who forget to use the simple 3-step cabeceo protocol, and then are confused or embarrassed by the outcome. Here is the protocol for the follower:
Listen to this discussion of cabeceo by Gustavo Benzecry Sabá and Luciana Guido. Gustavo:
For those of you who don't speak Spanish, the following two videos will illustrate the importance of We Ight:
*** Footnote: We Ight comes from an ancient language that is no longer spoken. However archeo-linguists have determined that it must have been pronounced similar to the English word “weight”.
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