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Fact #78056

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As part of Big Bang Day, 160 drummers play in the streets, parks, shopping centres and open top buses of 11 cities worldwide [New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, New Delhi, Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne] to create awareness and celebrate the opening of a village in Alibaug, India, funded by Esprit for the charity SOS Children's Villages. During the event, four million drumbeats are registered on a digital counter. When a target of 3m beats is reached, Esprit donate a further