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  • 'Mao zhuxi xiangzhang' is the name give to a type of pin badge displaying an image of Mao Zedong that was ubiquitous in China during the early period of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1971. Chairman Mao badges were, together with the “little red book”, one of the most visible and iconic manifestations of the Cult of Mao. It is estimated that several billion Chairman Mao badges were produced during the period of the Cultural Revolution.
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  • Figures from the Cultural revolution for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road, Dongtai Lu, street market in Shanghai, China. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghais past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
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  • Figures from the Cultural revolution for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road, Dongtai Lu, street market in Shanghai, China. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghais past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
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  • Figures from the Cultural revolution for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road, Dongtai Lu, street market in Shanghai, China. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghais past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 126_alamy.jpg
  • Figures from the Cultural revolution for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road (Dongtai Lu) street market. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghai's past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 126_alamy_1.jpg
  • Figures from the Cultural revolution for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road (Dongtai Lu) street market. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghai's past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 124_1.jpg
  • Figures from the Cultural revolution for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road (Dongtai Lu) street market. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghai's past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 128_alamy_1.jpg
  • Figures from the Cultural revolution for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road, Dongtai Lu, street market in Shanghai, China. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghais past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
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  • Colonial and Chinese antiques for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road (Dongtai Lu) street market. This small area is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghai's past. There are many colonial pieces which tend to be genuine, and some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there is also a lot of fakes for sale too. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain. The portrait is of Sun Zhong Shan one of China's great leaders who revoluted to end the Qing dynasty, then started China Min Guo, but only for short time.
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  • Antiques for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road, Dongtai Lu, street market in Shanghai, China. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghais past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
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  • Antiques for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road, Dongtai Lu, street market in Shanghai, China. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghais past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
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  • Mao Zedont Little Red Book and old posters of women for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road, Dongtai Lu, street market in Shanghai, China. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghais past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 123_alamy.jpg
  • Chinese copy of Mao Zedong's famous Little Red Book for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road (Dongtai Lu) street market. Sitting on top of an old (fake) copy of a 1920's cigarette poster. This small area is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghai's past. There are many colonial pieces which tend to be genuine, and some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there is also a lot of fakes for sale too. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 123_alamy_1.jpg
  • Colonial and Chinese antiques for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road (Dongtai Lu) street market. This small area is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghai's past. There are many colonial pieces which tend to be genuine, and some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there is also a lot of fakes for sale too. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 118_1.jpg
  • Stall selling Mao staues in the indoor antique market in Yu Yuan Garden, downtown Shanghai. The pots and ceramics being sold by this family business on the top floor of the market are not genuine antiques. Many are fakes, which are sold to the more gullible tourists. Genuine antiques can be bought but the prices reflect their age considerably.
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  • Antiques for sale at a stall on Dong Tai Road, Dongtai Lu, street market in Shanghai, China. This small area, dedicated to antiques is lined with shops and the streets covered with stalls selling artifacts from Shanghais past. There are some genuine Chinese antiques which can be very expensive. But there are also a lot of fakes for sale too, like these figures. Usually snapped up by tourists who are under the impression they are getting a bargain.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 140.jpg
  • Stall selling Mao staues in the indoor antique market in Yu Yuan Garden, downtown Shanghai. The pots and ceramics being sold by this family business on the top floor of the market are not genuine antiques. Many are fakes, which are sold to the more gullible tourists. Genuine antiques can be bought but the prices reflect their age considerably.
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  • Tourists admire the Coronation of Napoleon in Coronation room of the King's apartments in the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. The painting (Le Sacre de Napoléon) is a work of almost 10 x 6 metres completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon. The crowning and the coronation took place at Notre-Dame de Paris, a way for Napoleon to make it clear that he was a son of the Revolution. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
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  • Tourists admire the Coronation of Napoleon in Coronation room of the King's apartments in the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. The painting (Le Sacre de Napoléon) is a work of almost 10 x 6 metres completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon. The crowning and the coronation took place at Notre-Dame de Paris, a way for Napoleon to make it clear that he was a son of the Revolution. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
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  • Three young women tourists admire The Coronation of Napoleon (Le Sacre de Napoléon), a painting of almost 10 x 6 metres completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon. The crowning and the coronation took place at Notre-Dame de Paris, a way for Napoleon to make it clear that he was a son of the Revolution. The Musée du Louvre is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 100,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
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  • The 73 metre long Hall of the Mirrors in the King’s Grand Apartment, Versaille, Paris. The Hall of Mirrors (Grande Galerie or Galerie des Glaces) is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles and is renowned as being one of the most famous rooms in the world. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
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  • Ceiling detail of Hercules Apotheosis of Hercules 1733-1736 by François Le Moyne, (1688–1737) in the the King’s Grand Apartment, Palace of Versaille, Paris. The salon d'Hercule (also known as the Hercules Salon or the Hercules Drawing Room) is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the chapel and the North Wing of the château with grand appartement du roi. Beginning in 1724, work on the salon d’Hercule recommenced. Louis XV commissioned architect Jacques Gabriel, marbrier Claude-Félix Tarlé, and sculptors Jacques Verberckt and François-Antoine Vassé to complete the room. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
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  • Ceiling detail of Hercules Apotheosis of Hercules 1733-1736 by François Le Moyne, (1688–1737) in the the King’s Grand Apartment, Palace of Versaille, Paris. The salon d'Hercule (also known as the Hercules Salon or the Hercules Drawing Room) is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the chapel and the North Wing of the château with grand appartement du roi. Beginning in 1724, work on the salon d’Hercule recommenced. Louis XV commissioned architect Jacques Gabriel, marbrier Claude-Félix Tarlé, and sculptors Jacques Verberckt and François-Antoine Vassé to complete the room. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
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  • The golden gates of the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. Replicas of the original 80m wrought iron and gold leaf gates grace the entrance to Louix XVI's former power base. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen – sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers – were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
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  • Tourists crowd in the Salon de Mars in the King’s Grand Apartment, Versaille, Paris. The choice of this military theme which inspired all the decoration of the salon can be explained by the fact that this large room was originally meant to serve as the guard room for the parade apartment. It was later reserved, at evening soirees, for music and dancing, so that it was commonly known as the "ballroom". The court ballets were strictly regulated and required many rehearsals; the princes took part in them, sometimes mixed in with professional dancers. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
    versaille_palace13-18-08-2012_1_1.jpg
  • The golden gates of the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. Replicas of the original 80m wrought iron and gold leaf gates grace the entrance to Louix XVI's former power base. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen – sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers – were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
    versaille_palace08-18-08-2012_1_1.jpg
  • The golden gates of the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. Replicas of the original 80m wrought iron and gold leaf gates grace the entrance to Louix XVI's former power base. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen – sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers – were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.
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  • Tourists queue to gain entrance below the golden gates of  the Palace of Versaille, near Paris. A total of 100,000 gold leaves were crafted into the shapes of fleur de lys, crowns, masks of Apollo, cornucopias and the crossed capital Ls representing the Sun King. Private donors contributed £4 million to rebuild the 15-ton work, and a plethora of historians and top craftsmen – sculptors, gilders, wrought iron craftsmen and ornament makers – were drafted in to ensure an exact replica of the original built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 1680s.
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  • Wu Jian Xin heads the closing procession of the Haka festival when villagers carry a Buddha down to the river bed and place food offerings and light candles. <br />
The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
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  • During the closing procession of the Haka festival when villagers carry a Buddha down to the river bed and place food offerings and light candles. <br />
The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
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  • The altar with 8 Buddha’s during the Haka Festival. The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
    chihaka_013_1.jpg
  • Haka festival procession with Buddha weaving its way through village in a thunderous blaze of fireworks. <br />
<br />
The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
    chihaka_010_1.jpg
  • Haka festival procession with Buddha weaving its way through village in a thunderous blaze of fireworks. <br />
The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
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  • Wu Jian Xin, 37 prays at the Buddhist alter erected for the Haka Festival.<br />
The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
    chihaka_012_1.jpg
  • Haka festival procession with Buddha weaving its way through village in a thunderous blaze of fireworks. <br />
<br />
The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
    chihaka_009_1.jpg
  • Rear view of a man wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt in London, United Kingdom. Ernesto Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, activist, guerrilla leader, diplomat and major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
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  • Rear view of a man wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt in London, United Kingdom. Ernesto Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, activist, guerrilla leader, diplomat and major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
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  • Rear view of a man wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt in London, United Kingdom. Ernesto Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, activist, guerrilla leader, diplomat and major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
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  • Rear view of a man wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt in London, United Kingdom. Ernesto Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, activist, guerrilla leader, diplomat and major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
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  • A mural depicting the Carnation Revolution of 1974. The image of a woman in uniform and revolutionary cap, holding a gun with a flower on the barrel is by the American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator, Shepard Fairey. Lisbon, Portugal.
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  • The 25th of April Revolution monument at The Eduardo VII Park on the 27th May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Carnation Revolution, also referred to as the 25th of April, was initially a military coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974, which overthrew the authoritarian regime of the Estado Novo.
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  • Rob Rider Hill, Graham Farnworth and friends playing in the Vintage Emporium / 14 Bacon St, Brick Lane. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Rebekha Bouche and Mojo Hand playing in Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • The art activist protest group Bp-or-not-Bp make an artistic intervention at the British Museum to highlight the fact that the oil company BP sponsors a show called Sunken Cities at the Museum May 17 2016. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) <br />
The press release states:  "The lines of stones in the artwork represent the 340 people forcibly disappeared in the four months prior to BP signing a $12bn dollar deal with the Sisi regime – a rehash of a deal it had made with the Mubarak regime. The total number disappeared under the Sisi regime may run into thousands. Teargas is a weapon that was used both to repress popular protest in Tahrir Square during the revolution but also those who actively opposed BP’s operations in the country. "
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  • Exhibition of Chinese revolutionary art. The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. The museum was established in 2003 by the merging of the two separate museums that had occupied the same building since 1959. The building was completed in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After four years of renovation, the museum reopened on March 2011 with 28 new exhibition halls, more than triple the previous exhibition space, and state of the art exhibition and storage facilities. It has a total floor space of nearly 200,000 square meters to display. The renovations were designed by the German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
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  • Brooke Sharkey tuning up in the Old Boys Club, Dalston. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Brooke Sharkey and band playing in London Fields. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Brooke Sharkey lyrics in the leaves. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Jez. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Brooke Sharkey and band. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Adam Beattie playing in the Finsbury. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Garance LouLou playing in Stoke Newington Old Church. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Boxcar Joe Strouser playing harmonica in the Vintage Emporium / 14 Bacon St, Brick Lane. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Ewan crowdsurfing in his pants, Stoke Newington Old Church. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • John Langhan, Ally Caplain and Dakota Jim in the churchyard of Stoke Newington Old Church. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Theo Bard, Stoke Newington International Airport. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Mojo Hand playing at Stoke Newington International Airport. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Mojo Hand on the lineup at Stoke Newington International Airport. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Mojo Hand playing at Stoke Newington International Airport. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Crowd shot, Stoke Newington International Airport. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • The Turbans, Stoke Newington International Airport. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • The Turbans, Stoke Newington International Airport. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Crowd shot, Stoke Newington International Airport. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Rob Rider Hill and Mojo Hand playing in Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Ewan and friend, Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Fred Stitz of Ravorlight playing in Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Brooke Sharkey playing in St Pancras Old Church, Euston.  At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Brooke Sharkey playing in St Pancras Old Church, Euston.  At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Jamming in The Harrison, Kings Cross. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Graham Farnworth in The Harrison, Kings Cross. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Chats Palace, Homerton. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Blues musician Graham Farnworth on his boat in East London. Many musicians and artists have taken to the waterways for residence due to the extremely high and still increasing cost of living in London, UK. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Into the moon playing at The Harrison, Kings Cross. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Crowd listening to music in Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • Tankus the Henge playing in Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, Limehouse. At the moment there is a quiet musical revolution going on in London - the city that has spawned so many important styles and movements, now has a bubbling experimental blues and folk scene, with many musicians independently recording and distributing their own albums through crowdfunding and social media without the need of large record labels and restrictive contracts. They play week in week out in a pleathora of small, independent, underground and makeshoft venues that have sprung up such as Jamboree and 14 Bacon Street.
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  • The art activist protest group Bp-or-not-Bp make an artistic intervention at the British Museum to highlight the fact that the oil company BP sponsors a show called Sunken Cities at the Museum May 17 2016. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) A bottle with crude oil from the oil dissaster in the Guld of Mexico, caused by BP and a tear gas canister used in Egypt is on display surrounded by the many small black stones. The press release states:  "The lines of stones in the artwork represent the 340 people forcibly disappeared in the four months prior to BP signing a $12bn dollar deal with the Sisi regime – a rehash of a deal it had made with the Mubarak regime. The total number disappeared under the Sisi regime may run into thousands. [3] Teargas is a weapon that was used both to repress popular protest in Tahrir Square during the revolution but also those who actively opposed BP’s operations in the country. "
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  • The art activist protest group Bp-or-not-Bp make an artistic intervention at the British Museum to highlight the fact that the oil company BP sponsors a show called Sunken Cities at the Museum May 17 2016. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) School children visiting the museum learn about the implications of BP's sponsorship and get to see the crude oil from the Mixican Guld oil dissaster. The press release states:  "The lines of stones in the artwork represent the 340 people forcibly disappeared in the four months prior to BP signing a $12bn dollar deal with the Sisi regime – a rehash of a deal it had made with the Mubarak regime. The total number disappeared under the Sisi regime may run into thousands. [3] Teargas is a weapon that was used both to repress popular protest in Tahrir Square during the revolution but also those who actively opposed BP’s operations in the country. "
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  • The art activist protest group Bp-or-not-Bp make an artistic intervention at the British Museum to highlight the fact that the oil company BP sponsors a show called Sunken Cities at the Museum May 17 2016. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) School children visiting the museum learn about the implications of BP's sponsorship and get to see the crude oil from the Mixican Guld oil dissaster. The press release states:  "The lines of stones in the artwork represent the 340 people forcibly disappeared in the four months prior to BP signing a $12bn dollar deal with the Sisi regime – a rehash of a deal it had made with the Mubarak regime. The total number disappeared under the Sisi regime may run into thousands. [3] Teargas is a weapon that was used both to repress popular protest in Tahrir Square during the revolution but also those who actively opposed BP’s operations in the country. "
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  • The art activist protest group Bp-or-not-Bp make an artistic intervention at the British Museum to highlight the fact that the oil company BP sponsors a show called Sunken Cities at the Museum May 17 2016. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) <br />
The press release states:  "The lines of stones in the artwork represent the 340 people forcibly disappeared in the four months prior to BP signing a $12bn dollar deal with the Sisi regime – a rehash of a deal it had made with the Mubarak regime. The total number disappeared under the Sisi regime may run into thousands. Teargas is a weapon that was used both to repress popular protest in Tahrir Square during the revolution but also those who actively opposed BP’s operations in the country. "
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  • The art activist protest group Bp-or-not-Bp make an artistic intervention at the British Museum to highlight the fact that the oil company BP sponsors a show called Sunken Cities at the Museum May 17 2016. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) <br />
The press release states:  "The lines of stones in the artwork represent the 340 people forcibly disappeared in the four months prior to BP signing a $12bn dollar deal with the Sisi regime – a rehash of a deal it had made with the Mubarak regime. The total number disappeared under the Sisi regime may run into thousands. Teargas is a weapon that was used both to repress popular protest in Tahrir Square during the revolution but also those who actively opposed BP’s operations in the country. "
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  • The art activist protest group Bp-or-not-Bp make an artistic intervention at the British Museum to highlight the fact that the oil company BP sponsors a show called Sunken Cities at the Museum May 17 2016. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) <br />
The press release states:  "The lines of stones in the artwork represent the 340 people forcibly disappeared in the four months prior to BP signing a $12bn dollar deal with the Sisi regime – a rehash of a deal it had made with the Mubarak regime. The total number disappeared under the Sisi regime may run into thousands. Teargas is a weapon that was used both to repress popular protest in Tahrir Square during the revolution but also those who actively opposed BP’s operations in the country. "
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  • The art activist protest group Bp-or-not-Bp make an artistic intervention at the British Museum to highlight the fact that the oil company BP sponsors a show called Sunken Cities at the Museum May 17 2016. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) A bottle with crude oil from the oil dissaster in the Guld of Mexico, caused by BP and a tear gas canister used in Egypt is on display surrounded by the many small black stones. The press release states:  "The lines of stones in the artwork represent the 340 people forcibly disappeared in the four months prior to BP signing a $12bn dollar deal with the Sisi regime – a rehash of a deal it had made with the Mubarak regime. The total number disappeared under the Sisi regime may run into thousands. Teargas is a weapon that was used both to repress popular protest in Tahrir Square during the revolution but also those who actively opposed BP’s operations in the country. "
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  • Exhibition of Chinese revolutionary art. The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. The museum was established in 2003 by the merging of the two separate museums that had occupied the same building since 1959. The building was completed in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After four years of renovation, the museum reopened on March 2011 with 28 new exhibition halls, more than triple the previous exhibition space, and state of the art exhibition and storage facilities. It has a total floor space of nearly 200,000 square meters to display. The renovations were designed by the German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
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  • Exhibition of Chinese revolutionary art. The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. The museum was established in 2003 by the merging of the two separate museums that had occupied the same building since 1959. The building was completed in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After four years of renovation, the museum reopened on March 2011 with 28 new exhibition halls, more than triple the previous exhibition space, and state of the art exhibition and storage facilities. It has a total floor space of nearly 200,000 square meters to display. The renovations were designed by the German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
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  • Exhibition of Chinese revolutionary art. The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. The museum was established in 2003 by the merging of the two separate museums that had occupied the same building since 1959. The building was completed in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After four years of renovation, the museum reopened on March 2011 with 28 new exhibition halls, more than triple the previous exhibition space, and state of the art exhibition and storage facilities. It has a total floor space of nearly 200,000 square meters to display. The renovations were designed by the German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
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  • Exhibition of Chinese revolutionary art. The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. The museum was established in 2003 by the merging of the two separate museums that had occupied the same building since 1959. The building was completed in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After four years of renovation, the museum reopened on March 2011 with 28 new exhibition halls, more than triple the previous exhibition space, and state of the art exhibition and storage facilities. It has a total floor space of nearly 200,000 square meters to display. The renovations were designed by the German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
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  • Elderly and young musicians in a Naxi Orchestra, a Naxi minority group playing at the Naxi Music Academy, Naxi Guyue Hui, in Old Town Lijiang, Yunnan province, China. The beautiful repetitive music they produce has been lost elsewhere in China and is threatened even here in Lijiang due to it’s ageing players. The instruments played did not survive the Cultural Revolution in most parts of China, but several members of the Naxi group hid theirs by burying them, to revive them in 1978 after the revolution. Music from the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties is played.
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  • Mostly elderly musicians in a Naxi Orchestra, a Naxi minority group playing at the Naxi Music Academy (Naxi Guyue Hui) in Old Town Lijiang, Yunnan province. The beautiful repetitive music they produce has been lost elsewhere in China and is threatened even here in Lijiang due to it’s ageing players. The instruments played did not survive the Cultural Revolution in most parts of China, but several members of the Naxi group hid theirs by burying them, to revive them in 1978 after the revolution. Music from the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties is played.
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  • Mostly elderly musicians in a Naxi Orchestra, a Naxi minority group playing at the Naxi Music Academy (Naxi Guyue Hui) in Old Town Lijiang, Yunnan province. The beautiful repetitive music they produce has been lost elsewhere in China and is threatened even here in Lijiang due to it’s ageing players. The instruments played did not survive the Cultural Revolution in most parts of China, but several members of the Naxi group hid theirs by burying them, to revive them in 1978 after the revolution. Music from the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties is played.
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  • Elderly and young musicians in a Naxi Orchestra, a Naxi minority group playing at the Naxi Music Academy, Naxi Guyue Hui, in Old Town Lijiang, Yunnan province, China. The beautiful repetitive music they produce has been lost elsewhere in China and is threatened even here in Lijiang due to it’s ageing players. The instruments played did not survive the Cultural Revolution in most parts of China, but several members of the Naxi group hid theirs by burying them, to revive them in 1978 after the revolution. Music from the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties is played.
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  • Elderly and young musicians in a Naxi Orchestra, a Naxi minority group playing at the Naxi Music Academy, Naxi Guyue Hui, in Old Town Lijiang, Yunnan province, China. The beautiful repetitive music they produce has been lost elsewhere in China and is threatened even here in Lijiang due to it’s ageing players. The instruments played did not survive the Cultural Revolution in most parts of China, but several members of the Naxi group hid theirs by burying them, to revive them in 1978 after the revolution. Music from the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties is played.
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  • Mostly elderly musicians in a Naxi Orchestra, a Naxi minority group playing at the Naxi Music Academy (Naxi Guyue Hui) in Old Town Lijiang, Yunnan province. The beautiful repetitive music they produce has been lost elsewhere in China and is threatened even here in Lijiang due to it’s ageing players. The instruments played did not survive the Cultural Revolution in most parts of China, but several members of the Naxi group hid theirs by burying them, to revive them in 1978 after the revolution. Music from the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties is played.
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  • Opening Shkodra's catholic cathedral to worshipers after 25 years. The cathedral of Shkodra was called Kisha e Madhe (the Great Church) because, at that time, it was one of the largest churches in the Balkans. With the notorious 'cultural revolution' of 1967, all the churches in Albania were closed, some were destroyed, others transformed into cultural centres or stores. The cathedral was transformed into a palace of sport and was host to the Congress of Communist Women in 1973.
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  • Opening Shkodra's catholic cathedral to worshipers after 25 years. The cathedral of Shkodra was called Kisha e Madhe (the Great Church) because, at that time, it was one of the largest churches in the Balkans. With the notorious 'cultural revolution' of 1967, all the churches in Albania were closed, some were destroyed, others transformed into cultural centres or stores. The cathedral was transformed into a palace of sport and was host to the Congress of Communist Women in 1973.
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  • Opening Shkodra's catholic cathedral to worshipers after 25 years. The cathedral of Shkodra was called Kisha e Madhe (the Great Church) because, at that time, it was one of the largest churches in the Balkans. With the notorious 'cultural revolution' of 1967, all the churches in Albania were closed, some were destroyed, others transformed into cultural centres or stores. The cathedral was transformed into a palace of sport and was host to the Congress of Communist Women in 1973.
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  • Letting off thunderous fireworks during the Buddha procession of the Haka Festival.<br />
The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
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  • A French Dassault-Breguet Mirage military jet interceptor/fighter stands on a pedestal in the Place de la Concorde, Paris during an aviation display weekend along the Champs Elysées. Passers-by seem oblivious to this celebration of French aviation as they walk through the Parisian square, the scene of public executions during the revolution. The Mirage seems to be climbing off its platform and up into the cloudless summer afternoon sky as a young child sits on top of his father's shoulders and passengers in a city bus seem trapped behind the windows. Its is a scene of incongruous moments, a surreal appearance of frightening military technology amid the calm of a public place. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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