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Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with palm trees and a brick-paved floor. Four men in front play large barrel drums (thavil/mridangam-style). The foremost drummer wears a white shirt and white dhoti, the second an orange-brown checked shirt and white dhoti, the third a blue striped shirt with dark dhoti, and the rightmost a red-and-white striped shirt with white dhoti. Behind them a group of devotees, including women in pink and blue saris, stands near a decorated black Nandi bull with a red garland and an orange kalasha-like pillar. Some visitors wear lanyards.

A festival procession on a paved ground in an outdoor setting with palm trees. In the foreground, several men in white shirts and dhotis, with red and orange cloth sashes over their shoulders, play drums: a drummer on the left holds a drumstick over a large drum, and a man on the right strikes a small hand drum. Behind them, a decorated golden ratha/chariot with a canopy and colourful streamers moves through the crowd. Several onlookers, including children in red and checked shirts, watch from the side, and a man in a striped shirt stands near a drum player. No identifiable a person is visible in this image.

Street procession scene with several drummers playing hand drums (thappu/melam-style) on a road. In the foreground, a shirtless young man in a pink lungi with a multicoloured shawl and a bright orange sash plays a drum, and a shirtless man in a yellow-and-green sash and orange cloth plays another drum with a stick. To the right, men in white dhotis and white shirts play drums. Behind them, a crowd in white clothes stands along the roadside, with a bus visible in the background. A man in a checked shirt stands at the left edge.

Outdoor photo of a temple procession with drummers and musicians in white dhotis and shirts. A man on the left in a white shirt and yellow-orange cloth beats a small hand drum, while a man in a peach-checked shirt plays a large barrel drum with a red velvet cover. Other musicians in white clothes hold a nadaswaram-style wind instrument and drums with tilak marks on their foreheads. Behind them, women in saris and salwar and onlookers stand near orange and red flags, and footwear lies on the ground in front.

A temple procession scene with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing traditional instruments in a stone-paved courtyard. A boy in a yellow kurta plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), an older man in white plays a small drum-like instrument, and a younger man in white holds a frame drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers stands in the stone temple doorway, and a woman in a white sari is seen at the left edge beside a large orange and red decorated umbrella. White kolam rangoli patterns are drawn on the ground.

2012-05-18 +1 copies

Outdoor procession on a pale stone-paved ground with a group of drummers and a nadaswaram player performing. Several drummers in orange dhotis and saffron-orange shawls play large barrel drums, one with a bare chest and a green-and-white cloth across the shoulder. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long wind instrument at left, and a woman in an orange sari stands at right. Behind them, three decorated umbrellas in red, green and yellow are held aloft, with a yellow sari visible among onlookers, trees and construction equipment in the background. No clearly identifiable candidate for a person is visible.

2016-11-29 +1 copies

A village road procession with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing drums and a long wind instrument, plus a conch-like horn. The lead drummer in the centre wears a pale green shirt and white dhoti, striking a large drum with a stick. Other drummers on either side play smaller drums with red and orange cloth straps. Palm trees, thatched huts, and orange saffron flags line the road in the background, with more people walking behind the musicians.

December 31 2009

A group of drummers performs outdoors on a paved courtyard in front of red multi-storey buildings with air conditioners and trees. Several men play large round drums with leather heads and yellow lacing, one wearing an orange dhoti and sandals. Others wear white dhotis and bare chests with sacred threads, and one player has a red tilak on his forehead. Behind them a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long wind instrument, while another in red plays a horn. Bystanders stand in the background.

January 01 2012

Outdoor photo on a dirt ground at an event with a row of orange-painted shipping containers along the left edge. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand around, most in plain white or grey shirts. A man in the foreground right wears a white shirt, a rust-brown shawl over one shoulder, and white vibhuti lines on his forehead, holding a large frame drum with yellow rim. A man next to him holds a second drum with dark patterned body and yellow lacing. Behind them, people in white stand near green banana plants and a line of tall decorated poles with yellow and green streamers.

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