Foreign torchbearers bring love to rural youngsters
By Tan Yingzi, Lin Shujuan | China Daily | Updated: 2008-07-07 07:18
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| Deirdre Smyth | Marco Antonio Torres | Yury Ilyakhin |
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| Meena Barot | Werner Ebel | Yoshitoshi Mizuya |
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LANZHOU: Six foreigners who will carry the Olympic torch today brought gifts and friendship to a small rural school on Friday.
Youngsters at Daheng Primary School, around 100km north of the provincial capital, greeted the six with drum dances and singing.
The foreign torchbearers were selected last November by Olympic sponsor Lenovo and China Daily through an online campaign.
Deirdre Smyth from Venezuela, sang a folk song from her country and played the cuatro, a musical instrument similar to the guitar.
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