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The boys in the Hungarian Folk Ensemble Orchestra got a chance to show off, too, with a dance number called “Four Men from Transylvania.” Each guy highlighted a different dance style and costume from the region. By the way, note the musician playing the thing that looks like a piano. It’s called a cimbalom, and its closest kin is actually a hammer dulcimer. (Its strings are struck by hand with padded mallets.) Historically, upper-class kids get cimbalom lessons rather than piano lessons. It’s one of the oldest and most traditional of Hungarian instruments.

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