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From Darkness To Happiness

Every night in a massage shop in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou Province in southwest China, after the last customer leaves, the five masseurs there and a friend pick up their musical instruments and begin creating their own world of symphony.

They have three guitars, a second-hand electronic keyboard, a drum and a 20-yuan ($3) flute and the shop is smaller than 10 square meters. Yet this is their haven where they look for happiness in darkness. All the five masseurs are visually impaired.

Bond of music

Yang Zhi, the leader of the band, lost his sight

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