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World Service,14 Nov 2012,28 mins

From child soldier to Franciscan monk

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Respected Peruvian anthropologist Lurgio Gavilan describes his life as a child soldier for the Shining Path rebel group and his journey to becoming a Franciscan monk. Also, Derek Amato explains how banging his head on the bottom of a swimming pool meant that he could suddenly play the piano. And Matthew meets South African ballerina Clair Symonds who once danced for the Shah of Iran. Image: Lurgio Gavilan (l) when he was in the Peruvian military, with a colleague and a donkey

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