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Spectacular fireworks bring curtains down on Asian Games

The skies lit up with dazzling fireworks as an emotional China brought the curtains down on the biggest Asian Games in a riot of colour, foot-tapping music and a cultural extravaganza at the Haixinsha Island on the Pearl River here today.

If the opening ceremony held at the same riverside venue on November 12th was high on technical wizardry, the closing was a heart-touching display of warmth by the people of this South China city whose infrastructure has improved tremendously as a result of hosting the Games which saw India record their best-ever medal haul till date.

Image: Dancers perform on stage during the closing ceremony for the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 27, 2010. An "extraordinary" Asian Games prepared to close after 15 days of thrills and spills that saw China reinforce its sporting credentials and Japan slip further behind.

Text: PTI

Images: AFP

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