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October 09 20062006-10-09A street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, where a group of musicians in white dhotis and shirts play traditional instruments on a paved road. Several men play long nadaswaram-style wind instruments with flared bell ends, while others beat large two-headed drums with white heads and decorated wooden rims. One drummer wears a red shirt and an elderly man stands in the line. An orange cloth is draped over the shoulder of a man at the right edge. Two-story pink and cream houses, parked motorbikes, a yellow sign and a banana plant line the street under a partly cloudy sky.2006-10-16Outdoor photograph of a street procession in a village with palm trees and green foliage. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with cloth sashes, stand among a crowd that includes women in yellow and pink saris and a man in an orange shirt holding a hand drum. Small white flags are raised, and a brass horn is visible near a roadside billboard showing a deity-themed image and Tamil text. A yellow building with ventilation blocks stands at left. The purple a person logo appears at top left. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.2006-10-16July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesA photograph of drummers in a temple street during a procession. In the centre, a man with a red tilak on his forehead, bare-chested, wears a saffron-orange cloth over his shoulder and white dhoti, carrying a large drum slung at his waist. Beside him, a man with white-painted forehead in white shirt and dhoti carries another drum. At right, a young man in white shirt and dhoti carries a red-and-gold drum with a curved brass horn. Behind them, men in shirts and dhotis stand watching, and women in red and orange saris stand at left near steps. Closed green-and-white shutters line the wall behind.2006-09-24July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesApril 19 20082008-04-19Street procession in a Tamil town with a drum and musical band. Men in red shirts and white dhotis play drums and a wind instrument while others in white clothes walk alongside. A bare-chested man in an orange-yellow cloth sash plays a drum at left. Saffron flags and rows of orange and yellow bunting hang above the street, and banners and shopfronts line the roadside under a tiled roof and tree.2008-04-27October 09 20062006-10-09March 11 20172017-03-11A street procession in front of a temple with a sign reading Sri Sundareswarar Sannadhi. In the foreground a drummer in a red shirt and brown wrap plays a large drum with gold-embroidered maroon cover and carries a long brass horn with gold ornaments. Beside him, men in white dhotis and white shirts walk with drums, one carrying an orange cloth and a drum with red and white trim. Several men stand in white dhoti and shirt with red sacred threads, and a man in blue shirt is at the right edge. Concrete paving, trees and carved stone temple pillars form the background.2006-09-24