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| This is a tense moment in the annual Tournament of Song at Benneckenstein, in the Harz Mountains of northern Germany, a region renowned for the breeding of sweet-voiced canaries. A holiday is declared and families from near and far bring their finest pet vocalists, picnic out of doors, and crowd around the judging tables. Cages are cloth-covered (left foreground) to keep the temperamental performers quiet and undisturbed by the excitement. |
| Photograph from Pix |
