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December 26 2007

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A photograph of a musical performance in a hall with white metal truss frame and lattice wooden windows. Four men in white dhoti and shirt play traditional instruments: two men on the right play long wind pipes (nadaswaram-type) with one wearing a red tilak on the forehead, a man in the centre holds small hand cymbals, and a man at right plays a large round frame drum. At left a drummer in white dhoti plays a barrel drum with yellow straps, and a seated woman in white watches. Audience heads are visible in the lower edge. A yellow cloth hangs from the ceiling frame.2009-06-22June 19 20132013-06-19A 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.2009-06-22April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesA temple procession scene with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing traditional instruments in a stone-paved courtyard. A boy in a yellow kurta plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), an older man in white plays a small drum-like instrument, and a younger man in white holds a frame drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers stands in the stone temple doorway, and a woman in a white sari is seen at the left edge beside a large orange and red decorated umbrella. White kolam rangoli patterns are drawn on the ground.2012-05-18 +1 copiesJune 19 20132013-06-19A photograph of a temple-style musical group performing under a tin-roofed hall. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a red tilak on his forehead, stands beside a large drum with maroon and gold trim. Behind him, musicians play long brass horns and drums, with one wearing a red waist sash and an orange cloth, and others in white dhotis with bare torsos or white shirts. Several women in white saris with orange borders stand at a metal railing on the left. Framed photographs hang on the wall at the upper right.2010-12-20December 12 20112011-12-12July 12 20062006-07-12Four men in white dhotis and shirts perform a folk music set on a raised stage in a hall. Two play long wooden nadaswaram-style pipes, one in the centre and one at right, while a drummer at right beats a round drum and another man at left holds a large barrel drum slung over his shoulder. A yellow banner hangs above and a green painted map of South India with temple motifs covers the backdrop. Seated audience members in the foreground are seen from behind.2009-06-22A procession moves through a decorated hall with a grey floor under a metal-framed roof. Men in white dhotis and shirts play drums, including a red-and-white hand drum and a tall barrel drum, while a man in an orange dhoti and gold-bordered yellow cloth carries an ornate deity murti in a silver-framed palanquin-style frame. A man in a white shirt with a yellow dhoti plays a horn or conch-like instrument. Women in white saris and a man in a green wrap follow behind, some with hands folded. Orange triangular flags hang from the ceiling with maroon emblems, alongside colourful woven panels and leaf garlands, and a lit doorway glows at the far end.2007-12-23December 29 20102010-12-29