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National Musical Instrument "Charango"



  This is the gift--national musical instrument "Charango"--presented to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un by the President of the Explore Bolivia Company Ltd. of Bolivia on June 22, Juche 105(2016).
  The gift is a traditional musical instrument of Bolivia which has ten strings unlike guitar. It is said to have more elegant and softer timbre than guitar.
  It is 65 centimetres long, 16.5 centimetres wide and 9.2 centimetres thick.
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