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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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For centuries something bizarre happens in this village every year as it becomes a kingdom for a day with its own king, currency and even army

As an accordion plays, 80-year-old Maime Kapten spins across a grassy field, her embroidered skirt swirling around her as the silver chains and coins around her neck jangle with every step.

For one day each year, the quiet village of Mikitamäe in southeastern Estonia transforms into something that does not exist on any map: a kingdom.

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