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August 25 2017

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Seven young women in matching orange-saffron dresses and shawls play drums and percussion during a procession on a paved courtyard beside a long tin-roofed open hall and coconut palms. The women wear layered red-beaded necklaces, gold necklaces, bangles, earrings and vermilion bindi marks; several have white and orange forehead markings. The drummers hold white-headed drums with drumsticks, one woman plays a long wooden horn-like instrument, and others walk barefoot in step together. Some are smiling and dancing while performing, forming a lively celebratory group on a sunny day.2017-08-25January 14 20172017-01-14A photograph of a drum ensemble at an outdoor event with a red carpet. Several young performers in saffron-orange dhoti-style garments with rudraksha malas and white tilak markings play large drums and cymbals; one player in the foreground carries a drum slung on a strap, another plays a drum with long sticks. Behind them, more performers in orange and maroon robes stand and watch, and a woman at right in a pink sari with rudraksha beads plays a drum with yellow-wrapped cords. Concrete block wall and a black speaker in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2018-01-14August 27 20172017-08-27A photograph of young men and boys in saffron-orange robes playing large barrel drums with wooden sticks, their bare torsos and shaved heads marked with white tilak. Their necks and arms are hung with rudraksha malas and wrist beads. Behind and beside them, a crowd of girls and young women in red and maroon saris with gold borders, with white forehead markings and rudraksha malas, stand watching. The setting is an outdoor area with green foliage and an ochre wall.2014-06-19December 22 20182018-12-22May 06 20172017-05-06April 14 20182018-04-14A night procession on a paved street with a green gate and potted plants behind. Six youths in saffron-orange and cream dhotis play hand drums and cymbals. The drummers include a boy with rudraksha mala at left and a girl with a rudraksha mala in front. A shaved-headed man in white shirt and dhoti stands among them, playing a drum. The scene reads as devotional drumming during a temple-style procession.2016-09-05January 11 20172017-01-11A photograph of a group of women and girls seated cross-legged on a striped cloth mat on a glossy floor, all dressed in orange-saffron saris and wearing gold necklaces, rudraksha malas and earrings, with white or ash markings on their foreheads. Several play brass horns and trumpets, while others hold small stainless steel bowls and pink ritual items. A seated woman in orange at the back right sits on a wooden chair beside a brass-framed panel. The setting appears to be an ashram hall with a pale pink wall, wooden doors and a metal stand in the foreground. The scene suggests group ritual music. a person is not visibly identifiable here.2017-08-27January 14 20182018-01-14