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Echoes of Poland Dance Group members Miranda Lentz, 17, of Bowling Green, left, and Zack Nowicki, 17, of Oregon, in performance. The second and final day of the 41st annual Birmingham Ethnic Festival in Toledo on Sunday.

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Liz Krajcz, of Detroit, left, dances with Les Farkas, of Toronto, and Beth Stafura, of Pittsburgh, is partnered with G‡bor Dobi, of Toronto, as they dance to the music of the Gyanta Hungarian Folk Ensemble.

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Liz Krajcz, of Detroit, left, dances with Les Farkas, of Toronto, right, as G‡bor Dobi, of Toronto, second from left, dances with Beth Stafura, of Pittsburgh, to the music of the Gyanta Hungarian Folk Ensemble.

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G‡bor Dobi, rear and left, and Les Farkas, both of Toronto, dancing to the music of the Gyanta Hungarian Folk Ensemble.

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Dancers Beth Stafura, of Pittsburgh, left, and Liz Krajcz, of Detroit, prepare to perform with the Gyanta Hungarian Folk Ensemble.

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Bob Pawlak, left, and rear, and Mary Kubicsek, look over an exhibit on Hungarian music in the community in the Birmingham Cultural Center.

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Jack Ahern, left, of Perrysburg, takes the flag out of the Birmingham Cultural Center for the center's director, Baba Ujvagi, of Toledo.

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The Gyanta Hungarian Folk Ensemble, rear, playing "centuries old Hungarian village music", as well as music from the 20th century. From left: Kalman Magyar, of Toronto; Levente Garda, of Montreal, and Attila Krasznai, also of Toronto.

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Paul Lants, left, speaking with Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson outside of his home on Genesee Street in Toledo, Ohio. "I'm just a happy mower", says Lants, who mows the lawns of every house on the block, but expressed his concerns to the mayor about a house that has been empty for about three years.

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Karen Wood, 2015 Birmingham Friend of the Neighborhood Award recipient, selling water for the Birmingham Development Corporation during the event.

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