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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz
Gong. Closeup of a khong wong gong circle chime. Thai classical musical instrument, part of piphat ensemble. (percussion, music)
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Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)
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the Beatles. Publicity still from Help! (1965) directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. film rock music movie
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The last big concert of Jimi Hendrix before he died in London was in Germany on the isle of Fehmarn 6th of September 1970. The festival was called Love-and-Peace-Festival.
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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)
6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders
Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals
Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro
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The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)
9 Worst Generals in History
The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
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Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland
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Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.
6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan

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Invalidated site: Melody of China - Sheng. Jan 11, 2018
Add new Web site: Chai Found Music Workshop - The Instruments of Sizhu Music. Apr 01, 2011
Added new Web site: World Instrument Gallery - Sheng. Nov 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Paul and Bernice Noll's Window on the World - Sheng. Nov 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Melody of China - Sheng. Nov 04, 2008
Added new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Wind Musical Instruments - Sheng. Nov 04, 2008
Article revised and updated. Sep 28, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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