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Vital energy associated with girl band for instance (8)

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I believe the answer is:

mariachi

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'band for instance' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'vital energy associated with girl' is the wordplay.
'vital energy' becomes 'chi' (term for life force in Chinese philosophy).
'associated with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'girl' becomes 'maria' ().
'chi' after 'maria' is 'MARIACHI'.

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(Other definitions for mariachi that I've seen before include "Mexican street musician" , "Mexican players" , "one who performs music" , "Source of Mexican music" , "Traditional Mexican folk music" .)

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