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DPRK Acrobats Awarded Gold Prize
Pyongyang, January 24 (KCNA) -- Acrobats of the DPRK were awarded the best prize at the 33rd Monte Carlo International Circus Festival held in Monaco.

They presented aerial trapeze "Treble somersault in flight" in which they flawlessly performed four back turns and other difficult feats requiring high technique.

At an awarding ceremony held on Jan. 20, the gold prize, the best prize of the festival, was conferred on the aerial trapeze.

Meanwhile, a silver prize was conferred on the physical acrobatics "Horizontal bar and flying from the swing."

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