Indifferent to their appearance, they offered prayers and sang and danced joyously before jumping into the water.

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They "whistled, clapped and sang and danced along, " says Weymouth.

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Throughout the tedious hubbub, while they waited to begin again, Arianda sang and danced in her chair, her body never losing its thrum of joy.

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