The experience is akin to visiting a charming country house in the middle of a bustling capital city, a walk into a place apart.

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Developed by men who had left their families behind to start a life in Argentina's bustling capital city, the dance expressed machismo, passion, longing and a fighting edge - and was set to an emerging sound rooted in Spanish and Italian melodies, criollo (Argentine-born) verse and Afro-Uruguayan candombe (a drum-based rhythm).

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In Havana, Cuba's bustling and crowded capital and a key tourist centre, strict measures are in place to contain the latest suspected outbreak.

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Cupar, the capital of Fife, is a bustling market town but the most famous town in the seat, St Andrews, is perhaps the most conservative.

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This is the capital of the most populous province, Punjab - a bustling center of political and intellectual life.

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The capital, Bangkok, combines the modern skyscrapers of a bustling Asian metropolis with the ancient temples and monuments of previous Thai civilizations, dating back hundreds of years.

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Dhaka became the Mughal capital of Bengal in the early 17th Century, during which the city was bustling trading metropolis.

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