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A street procession in bright daylight beside a brick wall and bamboo grove. Several young men and boys in orange dhotis and bare upper bodies play large white-headed drums with sticks, wearing rudraksha malas, white horizontal forehead and body markings, and gold-toned necklaces. A boy at centre holds a pink stick and wears a rudraksha mala. A figure in red-and-orange robes with a red-and-gold umbrella stands at right, part of the procession. The scene reads as a drum-led procession with devotees.

Night photograph of a courtyard where five young drummers perform a percussion procession. Four bare-chested drummers in saffron-orange dhotis with gold-bordered hems play round drums with pink sticks, wearing rudraksha malas, white forehead markings and turbans or hair swept back. One drummer in white dhoti stands among them, and a fifth drummer wearing a silver-coloured drum is on the right edge. Behind them, two men in orange and cream clothing stand with hands folded near a red pillar, with a hanging decorative cloth and flowering plumeria trees in the background.

Outdoor photograph of a procession with young male drummers in the foreground. Shirtless youths wear saffron-orange dhotis with red-and-gold borders, long gold-and-amber beaded necklaces, rudraksha malas, and white horizontal body markings across their chests and arms. Each holds a round white drum and beats it with a pink stick. Behind them, men in white dhotis with gold borders and a man in a pink shirt stand watching amid green foliage and a metal scaffold frame. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

August 12 2016

January 01 2017

Outdoor scene of a drumming group performing in an unpaved dirt yard in front of a partly built concrete structure with scaffolding. Several young men in saffron-orange dhotis and orange shawls, with rudraksha mala beads around their necks and white markings on their arms and chests, play large silver-toned drums with sticks. Some drummers hold smaller drums and one plays a cymbal. A man in a teal shirt sits at the upper right, and others stand in the background. This appears to be a ceremonial welcome procession.

November 25 2015

A night-time outdoor performance under a corrugated metal roof beside leafy trees. Five men perform drumming and cymbal music. On the left, a smiling young man with curly hair, bare-chested with a rudraksha-style necklace, wears a purple and gold-bordered dhoti and clashes brass cymbals. Next to him, a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with a gold border and a garland plays a small hand drum. A third man in an orange dhoti with a gold waist sash and a beaded necklace plays a large silver-bodied drum. Behind him, a man with a white forehead band wears a white dhoti and plays a drum. On the far right, a man with long dreadlocks in an orange dhoti and a gold-bordered sash plays a drum with a stick. Other people have garlands and forehead markings.

Five young male drummers perform outdoors on a concrete terrace with palm trees and a stone wall behind them under an overcast sky. Each plays a barrel drum with yellow rope lacing and red-maroon drum bags. The two central drummers wear orange dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas and red arm bands; the outer drummers wear white dhotis with gold borders and similar malas. Several have white horizontal forehead markings. The drummers are the only physical people visible and no portrait of a person appears in the frame.

A photograph of a street-side gathering of young men in saffron and orange robes playing large hand drums and brass horns. On the left, a man with long dark hair tied back wears a red-maroon garment with a gold-yellow waist band and a heavy rudraksha mala around his neck, facing the drummers and smiling. Drummers in orange cloths with pink lower wraps beat wide frame drums laced with rope; one shaved-headed drummer wears hoop earrings and white forehead markings. Behind them, a crowd of boys and men in orange and red robes with white tilak stripes watch, some holding curved brass horns. Pink flowering bushes and an orange building stand in the background.

A 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.

A group of young male drummers and horn players in saffron-orange and red dhoti-style garments performs outdoors on a paved courtyard. Several wear rudraksha malas and white or ash forehead markings, and one drummer beats a large drum while others play smaller double-headed drums. A player on the right holds a long brass horn, and a figure in the background works at a table with a laptop beneath palm trees and greenery.