ASEAN arts festival for disabled held in Myanmar

ASEAN arts festival for disabled held in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - A group from Myanmar performs a wheelchair dance during an Association of Southeast Asian Nations festival for the disabled in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Dec. 3, 2014. Some 160 people from ASEAN countries participated in the event, which runs through Dec. 7 in the Myanmar capital and Yangon.

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FEATURE: Japanese group puts spin on wheelchair dance

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ASEAN arts festival for disabled held in Myanmar

ASEAN arts festival for disabled held in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - A group from Myanmar performs a wheelchair dance during an Association of Southeast Asian Nations festival for the disabled in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Dec. 3, 2014. Some 160 people from ASEAN countries participated in the event, which runs through Dec. 7 in the Myanmar capital and Yangon. (Kyodo)