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TIL Somali Museum of Minnesota may now be the only museum in the world dedicated to preserving Somali culture and traditions. Boqor Burhaan, a regional king from Puntland, Somalia, held a reception at the Somali Museum as part of a visit to the Somali community in Minnesota

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