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Musicians from Mongolia, Finland, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Poland and elsewhere will perform in Bloomington as part of the 20th annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival.

Scheduled Sept. 25-29, the event will begin with a reunion performance by Hoosier a cappella group Monkey Puzzle at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Tickets go on sale Aug. 2 via the Buskirk-Chumley online box office.

Specific performance times and sites haven't been announced, but Lotus is sharing its roster of 23 acts:

>> Jazz group Arga Bileg (Mongolia)

>> Vocal quartet Barbara Furtuna (France)

>> Experimental folk band DakhaBrakha (Ukraine)

>> Mexican-American folk duo David Wax Museum (Boston)

>> Ethiopian pop group Debo Band (Boston)

>> Folk trio De Temps Antan (Canada)

>> Jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca (Cuba)

>> Fiddle group Frigg (Finland)

>> India-focused fusion band Funkadesi (Chicago)

>> Experimental folk band Japonize Elephants (San Francisco)

>> Folk quartet Kardemimmit (Finland)

>> Sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan, with Amaan Ali Khan & Ayaan Ali Khan (India)

>> Percussionists Srinivas Krishnan (India) and Abbos Kosimov (Uzbekistan) with rubâb player Homayun Sakhi (Afghanistan)

>> Indie-folk duo Lily & Madeleine (Indianapolis)

>> Vocalist Sonia M’Barek (Tunisia)

>> Vocal group Monkey Puzzle (Bloomington)

>> Hip-hop group Nomadic Massive (Canada)

>> Folk trio the Once (Canada)

>> Folk trio Pacific Curls (New Zealand)

>> Bhangra band Red Baraat (New York City)

>> Maloya vocalist Christine Salem (Réunion)

>> Folk quartet Väsen (Sweden)

>> Folk quintet Volosi (Poland)

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