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<DIV><FONT size=2>In late May 2001, around 7 PM, when we opened the window of
our hostal in Arzua, we heard bagpipes. Bagpipes? We went to
investigate. In the basement of a large commercial building that opened
onto the main street at the western edge of town, a bagpipe band was
practicing :) We stood in the door and listened. It was
wonderful. They were young and old, men and women, teenage boys and
girls. The did not mind that we listened at the door. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In Santiago we stopped to listen to a Tuna, in the square in
front of the Cathedral. We were immediately approached by an "older" man
in costume who tried to sell us CD's or tapes of that particular tuna. He
was rather rude when we politely thanked him but let him know we were not
insterested in a purchase. </FONT></DIV>
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