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The cortege carrying Jacques Chirac's body is leaving his residence in Paris and is heading towards the Invalides monument where French public will be invited to come and pay tribute to former president Chirac. IMAGES
Paris (France), Sep 28 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez) Monks, samurai and giants enter the Quai Branly Jacques Chirac Museum in Paris this Tuesday through an exhibition that explores the mythology and practice of the Asian martial arts from classical times to pop culture.FOOTAGE FROM THE 'LAST COMBAT' EXHIBITION, AT THE QUAI BRANLY JACQUES CHIRAC MUSEUM, PARIS.SOUNDBITES FROM EXHIBITION CURATOR JULIEN ROUSSEAU AND ASIAN FILM SPECIALIST STÉPHANE DU MESNILDOT.Translations:Rousseau: "It is an exhibition that deals with the subject of martial arts, a very popular subject. Asian martial arts are now well known and are very globalized, and they go back to fiction, to the cinema of course, through figures such as Bruce Lee".Du Mesnildot: "Bruce Lee is obviously the mythical figure of martial arts. He was the one who popularized the term kung-fu. I don't think there is an actor who has had such a rich iconography as him. We can go to India, Africa, Russia Or anywhere in the world with a Bruce Lee photo and people will recognize him. So at that level I think he's comparable to Charlie Chaplin."
Former US President Bill Clinton, Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso or Mexican actress Salma Hayek are among the celebrities coming out of Saint-Sulpice church after paying their final respects to France ex-president Jacques Chirac as France held a national day of mourning for the popular former head of state. IMAGES
The hearse carrying Jacques Chirac's coffin leaves the Invalides to go to the Church of Saint Sulpice in Paris, where a service is held in honour of the former President of France, who died on Thursday aged 86. IMAGES
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron arrive at Jacques Chirac's house in Paris. IMAGES
Donald Trump's motorcade leaves the Manhattan court in New York after the opening day of the former US president's trial in which he faces charges of falsifying business records to conceal "hush money" payments to a porn star at the height of the 2016 presidential election. IMAGES