Carnival for bicentennial of Hans Christian Andersen's birth
"COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - International celebrities, music stars, athletes and Danish royals will attend a four-day carnival next spring that will start a year-long international celebration of the bicentennial of Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark's famous fairy tale writer, officials said Wednesday.
"The March 31-April 3 events in Copenhagen and Andersen's native Odense are 'expected to reach the scope of the opening ceremony of Olympic Games', said organizer Christian Have. 'It will the biggest celebration of a single cultural personality the world has ever seen'."
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"COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - International celebrities, music stars, athletes and Danish royals will attend a four-day carnival next spring that will start a year-long international celebration of the bicentennial of Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark's famous fairy tale writer, officials said Wednesday.
"The March 31-April 3 events in Copenhagen and Andersen's native Odense are 'expected to reach the scope of the opening ceremony of Olympic Games', said organizer Christian Have. 'It will the biggest celebration of a single cultural personality the world has ever seen'."
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