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National News
Programs of 17th Independence Day anniversary celebrations to get underway tomorrow
By Staff
May 15, 2008, 13:11

Asmara, 15 May 2008 – Programs of the 17th Independence Day anniversary celebrations would begin tomorrow, according to the National Holidays Coordinating Committee.

The programs that would continue up to May 24 include dramas, comedies, songs, folk dances, musical dramas, concerts, carnival, racing, pictorial exhibition and other works of art.

The Coordinating Committee also disclosed that musical bands from other countries would stage performances to add color to the celebrations, and that most of the programs would be transmitted live via ERI-TV and Dimtsi Hafash.