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August 25 2016

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A band of musicians performs outdoors on a paved courtyard beneath coconut palms and flowering shrubs. Seven men in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders play drums and a long brass horn. The man in front on the right blows a brass trumpet, wearing rudraksha malas and an orange cloth across his chest. Others beside him play frame drums and one in the rear wears a white dhoti with gold border. Several have tilak marks on their foreheads and bare feet. Dry leaves lie on the stone pavement and a small green-roofed building stands behind them.2016-08-12August 12 20162016-08-12December 03 20162016-12-03A 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.2014-10-05Night photograph of a drumming group in orange and saffron dhotis with gold borders performing on a paved stone courtyard. Several men play large drums: a red-and-gold barrel drum held by the left and right performers, a green drum held by a man in the back, and a small round frame drum held by the central dancer, who wears rudraksha malas. A white-clad drummer on the right, with a white headband and white dhoti, plays a red drum. A bright flashlight or floodlight from the upper centre lights the scene against dark foliage.2016-01-02A procession of devotees moves along a paved path in front of green bamboo and shrubs. In the centre, a young drummer in white dhoti with gold border and tilak on forehead plays a silver drum, with a red cloth draped over it. Beside him another drummer in white plays a drum, and on the right boys in saffron-orange dhotis with rudraksha malas play drums. Women in orange and red saris carry brass kalasha pots and flower arrangements, and saffron banners with embroidered emblems are raised behind them.2016-07-19Night 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.2016-10-21A night procession on a paved street with a green gate and potted plants behind. Six youths in saffron-orange and cream dhotis play hand drums and cymbals. The drummers include a boy with rudraksha mala at left and a girl with a rudraksha mala in front. A shaved-headed man in white shirt and dhoti stands among them, playing a drum. The scene reads as devotional drumming during a temple-style procession.2016-09-05November `4 2015 +2 copiesA 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.2016-11-06June 26 20202020-06-26May 30 20132013-05-30