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    This blog focuses on Serbia's participation in the Eurovision song contest. I'm looking forward to learning more about Serbia, as its a small nation I don't know much about. I'm also fascinated with its history being a part of Yugoslavia before it broke up, and how that defines Serbia's national identity. 

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Lev Dufaux


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