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MEMBERS OF BAND "TWELVE GIRLS' BAND" POSE IN HONG KONG.
Members of Pop Chinese girl band "Twelve Girls' Band", China's first all-women traditional instrument orchestra, pose during a news conference in Hong Kong December 12, 2003. "Twelve Girls' Band" uses traditional Chinese instruments erhu, pipa and flute to combine Chinese folk music with western pop music. Their album "Beautiful Energy", the first released in Japan, has ranked third in the country's charts since it hit the country recently. REUTERS/Kin Cheung KC