Varanasi Red-Light Center Children Perform Dance in Gujarat

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Here is a video of the beautiful dancing of the children from Varanasi's Red Light Area. Thank you to Atul Vidyalaya in Gujarat for inviting these children to perform as special guests. Through art, these talented dancers were given the chance to overcome social stigma, rise out of the dangerous and stressful community they were raised in to participate in the mainstream world.

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