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The closing ceremony of Commonwealth Games 2010 was held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. the Commonwealth Games was closed with a huge grandeur and supreme magnificence. The cultural programme began with a segment titled Agni, in which skills in eight Indian martial arts forms: Kalaripayattu, Naga warriors, Thangta, Gatka, Silambam, Akhara, Dhan Patta, Talwar Raas were displayed by 800 performers from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Gujarat, Punjab, Maharashtra and Nagaland in an eight-minute act. The ceremony included a display of martial arts from a number of states of India followed by musical performances and showcasing the culture of Scotland, which will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The next segment was the Military Martial Music, which comprised the performance by
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