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(SOUNDBITE OF BONFIRE CRACKLING) INSKEEP: And they re moving after last night s bonfires. People built up stacks of fuel, in some cases as tall as a 14-story building, and lit them up. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It s all part of marching season, an annual ritual that Northern Irish Protestants use to proclaim their allegiance to the United Kingdom. NPR s Frank Langfitt spent time with a marching band called The True Blues in the town of Portadown. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: So you can see the Union flags sitting out of windows and kids twirling batons. You can hear the bass drums and the flutes in the background - and people sitting out on their front yards. Watching this, it actually reminds me a lot of a Fourth of July parade in the States. This is Adam Love. He is the secretary of the band.

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