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Inmates play bagpipes as part of their routine training inside Kotbhalwal central jail in Jammu, India on May 20.

Inmates of Indian jail learn to play the bagpipes

Reuters reports:

Jail authorities have formed a 20-member pipe band of a team of prisoners who are being trained to play and perform musical instruments. Once the band is ready, they will be sent to perform at weddings and other social functions, a jail superintendent said. The main aim of creating the pipe band is to develop relations of these prisoners with the rest of the outside world and to involve them in various social functions so as to change their mindset, the superintendent added.

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