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December 11 2011

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Outdoor procession scene at a dirt-path temple area. Four drummers and horn players in white dhotis and shirts stand in the foreground: a drummer at left with a drum slung over his shoulder, a horn player in the centre wearing an orange-and-gold waist cloth and orange-yellow garland, a horn player beside him in a pink-and-white checked shirt playing a long horn, and a drummer at right tapping a large drum with a stick. Behind them a crowd of onlookers, including women in saris and salwar, watches, while many red-orange flags wave in the background. A gold ceremonial staff with a gold finial is held upright. An orange signboard with white lettering is visible on the building behind.2011-12-11Outdoor procession scene with a group of musicians in white dhotis leading a crowd. Foreground, a drummer in white dhoti and shirt holds a round drum with yellow-banded rims and a brown cloth-wrapped drum beside him. In the center, a musician in white dhoti with an orange-gold border plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style) with an orange tassel, while a man in a pink-checked shirt and white dhoti plays a brass horn with an orange tassel. Another drummer on the right in white clothes plays a drum. Behind them, a crowd of devotees stands near orange flags, a gold-topped staff, and an orange-painted building with signage. Some devotees wear white and orange, with a woman in a green sari visible.2011-12-11A procession with musicians in white dhotis and shirts performing outdoors. In the centre, a man with a horn-shaped brass wind instrument wears a gold-bordered orange-and-white cloth and white vibhuti on his forehead. Flanking him, drummers hold large barrel drums with yellow rims and red cloth straps; one man in a pink checked shirt plays a long wooden pipe. Behind them, women in saris and devotees stand beside orange and red flags, and a golden standard topped with a gold finial is raised. An orange building with a signboard lies in the background.2011-12-11A 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 copiesJanuary 01 20122012-01-01A procession outside a temple with a red-curtained shrine and white walls. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a vertical tilak plays a long brass horn (nadaswaram-style), with another horn player beside him. Two drummers in white dhotis and cream shirts carry dhol drums with red and gold woven covers, one with a gold border. Behind them, several men in saffron-orange robes wear rudraksha malas and marigold garlands. Potted plants and a banana tree frame the path.January 01 20122012-01-01May 05 20152015-05-05December 29 20102010-12-29Outdoor temple procession on a dirt ground with red-and-white tiered steps behind. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts play traditional instruments: a man at left plays a double-reed nadaswaram-style wind instrument beside a small drum, a man in front blows a long wind instrument, and a man at right in a rust-coloured shirt holds a frame drum slung across his shoulder. Other men in white dhotis with orange shawls stand behind them, and a child stands at far left. Trees and a distant building fill the background under a pale sky.2009-06-09December 22 20182018-12-22 +2 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04