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Syriac band at the Independence Day celebrations in Qamishli, 1956

Place: Qamishli · today Syria
Date: 1956

Three young bandsmen in dark uniforms, with trumpet, saxophone and a drum painted in the Syrian flag, stand in front of a crowd in Qamishli on Independence Day 1956.

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syrmh.com (Syrian History), photo credited to Farid Kammo (via Wikimedia Commons)

فريد كمو · Wikimedia Commons: Public domain

Syriac band at the Independence Day celebrations in Qamishli, 1956

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