(3) World Games begin with opening ceremony

(3) World Games begin with opening ceremony

AKITA, Japan - Foreign athletes participating in the sixth World Games in the northern Japanese city of Akita on Aug. 16 respond to spectators during the opening ceremony at Yabase Stadium. In the background, local people demonstrate their skill at balancing Kanto, a long bamboo pole with horizontal ribs from which paper lanterns hang.

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