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A red metal railing with white trident-shaped finials stands in front of dense green shrubbery. Two painted clay pots with white feather tassels and yellow-and-red bands hang from the railing, with a cluster of pink, yellow and purple balloons tied in the centre. Ornate white scrollwork decorates the railing base. No people are visible.

A photograph at dusk of a festive game apparatus: a horizontal pole strung with yellow and red balloons and tinsel, from which hangs a rope-wrapped frame draped in tinsel and ribbons, holding several clay pots. Dark clouds and a pink sky sit behind, with tree silhouettes at the bottom edge. No people are visible in the frame.

December 22 2010

December 22 2010

Outdoor photograph at dusk of an Uri attam folk game apparatus: a bamboo pole frame hung with a dangling rod strung with clay pots wrapped in tinsel and garlands of red, pink and gold, plus yellow and orange balloons and tinsel streamers. The dark blue evening sky and palm trees are behind it, with a thatched roof at the left edge and a rope fence below. No people are clearly visible in the frame.

A photograph of a white ceiling inside a tent or pandal, from which a garland of white and yellow flowers with red strands hangs, with several small clay pots strung along it. A pink balloon floats below the garland. A yellow scalloped fringe decorates the edge of the tent at lower left, and a red and white banner is partly visible at lower right. No people are visible in the frame.

A photograph at dusk of a wooden frame game set against a pink and purple sky with dark clouds and silhouetted palm and tree lines. A horizontal bar hangs red, yellow and orange balloons and flower garlands, and a central rope holds a cluster of clay pots wrapped in marigold-like garlands, dangling from the crossbar. No people are visible in the frame.

A photograph of a red metal frame with a small pulley hanging from a red ring, carrying a rope that drops down the right side. A reddish-brown clay pot is suspended from the pulley against a pale blue, cloudy sky, with a blurred tree and a distant reddish structure at the bottom edge. No people are visible. The image appears to show a pulley-and-pot apparatus, with no visible ritual, a person or event activity.

A photograph taken against a dusk sky of a horizontal wooden pole with hanging decorations. From the pole dangle clay pots wrapped in tinsel and colourful ribbons, including a dangler of brown pots with pink, green and gold streamers. Smaller tinsel-wrapped pots in orange and yellow hang from the bar. The image is blurred and no people are visible.

Photograph taken against a dusk sky of blue and pale pink with soft clouds near the horizon. A horizontal metal pole runs across the top of the frame. From it hang several decorated clay pots wrapped in tinsel and ribbons in red, pink, green and blue, along with a yellow ball and an orange ball. A rope with a cluster of brown clay pots dangles down the right side, the pots covered in colourful strips of tinsel. The image is slightly blurred from motion. No people are visible.

A red metal frame structure against a pale blue sky with clouds. A red clay pot, used as a handi for dahi-handi, hangs from a pulley on a rope at the centre of the crossbar. No people are visible, and the frame has no visible deity, throne or a person figure.

Outdoor photo looking up at a crossed pair of wooden poles and ropes from which several painted terracotta pots hang, each wrapped in white cloth and decorated with blue, green, red and yellow painted shapes. Pale overcast sky and a palm frond at the lower left edge. No people are visible. The pots resemble the hanging clay pots used in Holi-season celebrations, though the scene itself shows only the suspended pots.