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limbuRg Meeting new salsa friends is always an adventure, Sal S a especially when they come from an exotic dancing country. This time we got to FeStival know a lady from a country of “Sumo wrestling” called Kiyomi, who was very excited to come extra to Sun and salsa power at Limburg the Netherlands for this Festival! festival: “I few in directly from Japan, because From 15th to 19th of May salsa, coincidentally I got to know bachata and kizomba dancers were one of the organizers who meeting in Geleen city. It is a city invited me to come here. in the southern part of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. With And I came.” - answered 33,960 inhabitants this city has its the Japanese with a bright own distinctive character. Unlike the smile in her face. Is salsa so rest of the Netherlands, Limburg has popular in Japan or is it a a hilly countryside and most of the new way of exercising? “It highlights of Limburg are located in is not so popular, but I like it and around Maastricht. Here you can very much. Yes, dancing is visit mines, casemates, basilicas, being considered more like museums, Mount St. Pieter and exercising than arts over numerous shops and restaurants. there. Did you know that sumo wrestlers have to be very fexible and have to be able to move their bodies as much as possible, same as salsa dancers? Thursday evening frst salsa, bachata and kizomba hours started with workshops and a pre-party afterwards. It was a nice warm-up for a hot weekend