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Now playing Next no comment French band performs on slacklines 1,400m in the air French band Houle Douce amazed Chinese spectators with a thrilling concert on slacklines suspended 1,400-meters-high in China's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. 27/05/2018
Now playing Next Netherlands Cornish group wins 'Eurovision for regional languages' The Rowan Tree, a folk music group from Cornwall, has won Liet International XXL — a singing competition solely for regional and minority languages 24/05/2018
Now playing Next Italy The Sicilian band bridging the Mediterranean gap On a warm night of May in Calatabiano, a small village and former Arab fortress in eastern Sicily, the sound of an oud, a typical Middle Eastern 21/06/2017
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