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Dollywood down under: Dolly Parton super fans and drag queens turn a tiny Australian town pink

In Narromine – redubbed ‘Dollymine’ for the weekend – the country music star’s face is everywhere and a warm spirit of inclusivity is all-embracing On a sporting oval in a rural Australian town 15,000km from Knoxville, Tennessee, dozens of Dolly Partons saunter down the runway as a boisterous crowd cheers and swats away flies with their cowboy hats. As the sun begins to set, Jim Beams are flowing…

Dollywood down under: Dolly Parton super fans and drag queens turn a tiny Australian town pink

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