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Contestants show off their calligraphy during the 47th annual New Year calligraphy contest in Tokyo on January 5, 2011. Almost 3,000 people participated in the calligraphy contest to celebrate the start of the New Year. (Toshifumi Kitamura /AFP/Getty Images)