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On this day 250 years ago, Scotlands Favourite poet Robert Burns was born in the Ayrshire village of Alloway.
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[align=right]Sunday 25 January 2009[/align]
[align=center]Thousands gather for Burns event[/align]
A celebration to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scots poet Robert Burns is attracting thousands of people to Dumfries.
Lantern processions will weave their way through the town before converging on the banks of the River Nith for the burning of an effigy of Tam oShanter.
First Minister Alex Salmond will speak at the event.
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Tam oShanter is one of the best known poems of Rabbie Burns.
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