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China holds its first twins festival
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-03 08:25 Beijing saw double on Saturday as the Chinese capital opened its
first festival for twins with hundreds of look-alike pairs.
A pair of twin
boy toddlers dressed in the same clothes share a light moment at Beijing
Hong Lingjin Park, where a four-day international
twins festival kicked of October 2, 2004. 500 sets of
twins, including some from abroad, signed up to attend the
get-together, said organizers. [YNET.com] | Pairs
of twins in matching cowboy hats, sweaters or scarves mingled, chatted and
performed on stage at the government-sponsored event in a Beijing park. A pair
of men played a saxophone duet and younger twins danced and sang.
Twin photographers take photos at Beijing's
first ever twins festival on the second day of a week-long National Day
holiday Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004. Hundreds of look alike pairs turned up for
the festival - a rare sight in a nation where birth control rules limit
urban families to one child. [AP] | Participants
ranged in age from 69 to a set of 4-month-olds in a double stroller.
A pair of twin
sisters hold a set of twin boys at the big twin party.
[YNET.com] | Organizers said 500 sets of twins,
including some from abroad, signed up to attend the four-day festival.
Twins try to catch
confetti at the opening of Beijing's first ever twins festival on the
second day of a week-long National Day holiday Saturday Oct. 2, 2004.
Hundreds of look alike pairs turned up for the festival - a rare sight in
a nation where birth control rules limit urban families to one child.
[AP] | A set of 15-year-old triplets from eastern
China also showed up. "We're never lonely," said Wang Yanren, one of the trio of
teenage girls, who wore matching blue jackets. "Now with family planning, every
family is only supposed to have one child. So we're lucky."
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