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December 29 2010

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A photograph of a traditional Indian musical procession in a covered corridor of a white building. Men in white dhotis and shirts play instruments: the central player blows a long brass nadaswaram-style horn with an orange-yellow sash and rudraksha-style neck tassels, another man beside him plays a similar horn, and two men on the left and right carry double-headed drums (thavil) slung over their shoulders, one with a woven orange strap and one with a green-and-gold rim. Several other men in white stand in the background. A small orange and white garland decoration hangs over a red-framed doorway, and potted palms and a blue plastic chair sit near the entrance.2009-06-22Outdoor photo of a traditional Tamil musical ensemble performing on a stone-paved courtyard. Four seated musicians in white dhotis and white shirts play instruments: two play long wooden nadaswaram-style pipes, and two play drums, one a barrel drum with a red-brown wrapped body and a tavil-style drum held with sticks. Standing onlookers in white veshtis and shirts watch from behind, and a woman in a light sari stands at the upper right.2012-06-05January 01 20122012-01-01Outdoor 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 12 20112011-12-12April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesJune 22 20092009-06-22December 23 20092009-12-23November 29 20162016-11-29 +1 copiesA dirt path beside a white building with a dark green hedge behind it shows four people playing traditional instruments. On the left, a young boy in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a red cloth over his shoulder, plays a red-and-gold drum held against his hip. In the centre, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a gold-bracelet wrist plays a long wooden pipe (nadaswaram-style). On the right, a man in white shirt and dhoti holds a drum with a red shoulder cloth, and a woman in a purple sari with gold border stands behind him.2011-10-02December 11 20112011-12-11November 25 20062006-11-25