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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4669983.stm
Show must go on for Ravi Shankar
Sitar star Ravi Shankar is to perform at a concert in France, despite two of his treasured instruments being broken during a flight from Lebanon.
New instruments have arrived in time for the World Music festival in the southern French town of Arles, a spokeswoman for the event told Reuters.
"Therefore he will be able to give his concert this evening with his daughter [Anoushka Shankar]," she said.
Mr Shankar, 85, said of the sitars: "I feel like I have lost two relatives."
He had played them for years.
A replacement sitar flown specially from London was declared "unusable" by the musician, who was born in India but now lives in California.
His family are blaming French airline Air France for breaking the sitars.
An Air France spokesman said: "The company is seeking a evaluation of the damage and the harm done."
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His instrument-maker arrived from India with two sitars, therefore he will be able to give his concert
Corinne Falaschi
World Music festival, Arles |
