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Sama­ki Fe­li­cian

Free­lance Cor­re­spon­dent

Pic­ture this: It is Tues­day, and the air is thick with an­tic­i­pa­tion. Thou­sands of peo­ple wav­ing flags, arms raised, voic­es chant­i­ng and are wait­ing for one mo­ment. The lights dim, the bass rum­bles, and then, as if struck by light­ning, Kees Di­ef­fen­thaller ap­pears.