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Cultural festivals (1st of 3)

Cultural festivals

The Festival of Asia brings artists from overseas to perform in New Zealand. One of the aims of the festival is to foster understanding between Asian and non-Asian New Zealanders. These students from the Xiao Xiang Yu Art School in China are performing ‘Drunken boxing’ in Aotea Square, Auckland, 2001.

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New Zealand Herald
Reference: 24 March 2001
Photograph by Richard Robinson

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