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Added on the 03/11/2014 18:46:40 - Copyright : AFP EN
Tightrope walker Rasul Abakarov amazed the citizens of St. Petersburg with his daredevil walk on a high wire over the Neva River, strung between both ends of an open drawbridge - the Palace Bridge - to mark City Day.
Tightrope walking may be one of the oldest acrobatic practices, but one of the youngest practitioners of the art has become spectacularly good at it. 6-year-old Zhang Wang started working on his balancing act about a year ago when his dad came up with the idea to train his little son as an acrobat in order to build his self-confidence and independence. Zhang wang took to tightrope walking, or funambulism as it is sometimes called, like a fish to water and can now balance his way across a wire backward and even blindfolded.
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