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The Village Where Every Person’s Name Is a Song Re-Listen

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The Song of the Child

Most of the villagers in kong tong believe that it goes back for centuries. No one zonora spoke to could tell her for sure when this tradition started. It's very common to find o names like christiano, messy, or whatevery and o. That's a paper name. The tune they sing and the baby fall asleep, and that tune becomes their name.

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