A Taiwanese team stole the show on the sidelines of a two-day walking event that ended Sunday in the northern Italian city of Arenzano with a series of Taiwanese aboriginal singing and dancing performances. The 50-member team, headed by Chi Cheng, chairwoman of Taiwan's Hope Foundation and the bronze medalist in the women's 80-meter hurdles in the 1968 Olympics, were mostly walking enthusiasts who paid their own ways to take part in the walk. Wearing bamboo-leaf hats and tops bearing the Chinese character for 'walking,' the Taiwanese team attracted great attention. Among the participants were a couple from central Taiwan's Nantou County, Sun Cheng-chun and Chiu Chen Mei-hsiang, who are known for taking part in walking events barefoot. This time, they walked barefoot across the city, including a 22-km rugged mountain trail. The main reason they traveled to Italy to take part in the walk was to let more people know about Taiwan, Chiu said. On the sidelines of the walk, a Taiwanese booth also drew crowds of visitors. The booth showcased Republic of China flags and hats, aboriginal music DVDs and a wide range of Taiwanese traditional artifacts. Lien Chin-jien, an executive of the Hope Foundation, which organized the booth, said the hats and the performances staged Saturday by Taiwan's New Century Culture Arts Group were warmly received. The event was organized by the IML Walking Association (formerly the International Marching League) . Each walk lasts for a minimum of two days, with a minimum distance of at least 20 km per day. 