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rfmcdonaldThis isn't the first time Boney M has been involved in Abkhazia.
And here's the united band's 1978 "Rasputin".
A singer from 1970s disco group Boney M continues a visit to Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia on Wednesday after a concert intended to promote the war-scarred territory abroad, officials said.
Singer Sheila Bonnick performed Boney M's hits at a concert on Tuesday in Sukhumi, the capital of the disputed Russian-backed region which fought a war to break away from ex-Soviet Georgia in the 1990s and has since seen repeated outbreaks of violence.
"It is very important in terms of promoting our country outside of Abkhazia," the region's culture minister, Nugzar Logua, told local news agency Apsnypress, adding that the concert was also a "kind of gift" to people who fought for Abkhazia.
Bonnick described the Abkhaz people as "warm and hospitable" and said that she would spend Wednesday sightseeing in the breakaway Black Sea region, the news agency said.
Bonnick is one of several singers performing Boney M hits like "Rasputin" and "Daddy Cool" around the world after the original group split, and her concert is not the first time that the 1970s disco stars have become involved in the long-running conflicts in Georgia.
In 2007, the Georgian authorities brought Boney M singer Marcia Barrett to play near the frontline in another Russian-backed rebel region, South Ossetia, to promote their campaign to regain control.
And here's the united band's 1978 "Rasputin".
