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A stage performance at a Dasara 2010 event. A banner behind the stage shows a circular portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, beside the text "Dhasara 2010" and silhouettes of a dancer and temple spires on an orange sunset background. On the green-draped stage, a drummer in white plays a tabla-style drum at left, while a musician in a rust-coloured robe sits on the floor playing a stringed instrument, with women in pink saris seated behind and beside them, one playing a long-necked string instrument. In the foreground, rows of women in white saris with yellow borders and yellow shawls sit clapping and listening. A video monitor at lower right shows a screen of deity figures on temple-style thrones. A large orange cloth lantern hangs at upper right.

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