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Outdoor photo of a woman in a cream sari with a yellow shawl and red border, barefoot and mid-jump, reaching up to strike a clay pot hung from a rope on a tall red pole. Water sprays around her from a girl in a blue top and grey trousers holding a green container at left. Men in white and grey clothes stand watching at right, one with a rudraksha-style mala, and a boy in a checked shirt stands behind them. The ground is wet dirt with puddles under a cloudy sky.

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Outdoor photo on a wet, muddy dirt ground after rain. A smiling woman in a cream sari with an orange border and a yellow shawl walks barefoot holding a stick, while a clay pot hangs from a rope above her, apparently for a pot-breaking game. Behind her, a boy in a checked shirt and dark trousers and four men stand watching: one in white kurta and pants with a rudraksha-style necklace, one in grey shirt and blue harem pants with arms folded, and one in an orange shirt and checked lungi. A tall red pole stands at right; wet footprints, slippers and scattered sticks lie on the ground. Several people are visible, and the scene is a casual game rather than a formal ritual.2010-09-02Outdoor scene on a dusty red-earth ground under a heavy grey cloudy sky. A central man in a wet, translucent pale pink-lavender dhoti-style garment, with a rudraksha-style necklace, raises a wooden stick and strikes a clay pot hanging from a rope on a tall red metal frame, while water sprays from his body and the pot. Around him, women in white and cream saris and kurtas hold orange and teal buckets, and a woman in a yellow-bordered sari stands at left. A standing crowd of men in white kurtas and pants and women in white and pale blue watch from behind. Trees and a red-orange structure stand in the background.2010-09-02September 02 20102010-09-02Outdoor photo of a Janmashtami dahi handi-style celebration on a muddy, wet ground under an overcast sky. A man in white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow waist cord leaps high in the air, arm raised toward a clay pot hung on a rope between two tall red-brown poles. Around him, devotees in white and yellow-sashed white clothes stand and gesture, some holding green and pink colored powder or water. A bald man in white stands nearby, and a child in grey is at right. Spectators in the background include a woman in a teal headscarf and people in casual clothes. Blue plastic drums and small containers sit at right, and metal poles and a tree appear in the distance.2010-09-02Outdoor photo of a Dahi Handi-style game on muddy ground under an overcast sky. A clay pot hangs from a rope strung between two red metal poles at top. A barefoot young man in white clothes leaps mid-air while others around him throw water from orange and teal buckets and pour it over him. Onlookers in white kurtas, a woman in a white and pink sari, and girls in pink and white salwar stand in the wet clay, some in dark or white shirts. A man in an orange shirt and grey trousers stands in the background, along with men in white and other spectators.2010-09-02Outdoor festival scene on a muddy, reddish-brown ground under an overcast sky. A clay pot hangs from a rope between two tall reddish poles at the top of the frame, and a person in white clothing swings a stick toward it while pink powder bursts around them. Around them, people in white and dark clothing, including a woman in a maroon kurta and women in pink, grey and white saris or outfits, hold blue, green and orange buckets and splash one another. A bald man in white stands at the left edge and a few onlookers in orange and grey clothing stand in the background. The scene resembles a Dahi Handi style pot-breaking game with colour splashing.2010-09-02Outdoor photo of a Janmashtami-style pot-breaking game on wet, muddy ground under an overcast sky. A tall metal frame holds a hanging clay pot on a rope. Participants in white and pale clothing, some with yellow shawls, splash water and pink-tinted liquid at each other. A woman in a purple top and dark trousers stands barefoot at center, smiling. A bald man in white stands at right holding a red bucket, and a young man in brown uniform-style clothes stands at far right. Blue drums and buckets sit along the edges. a person is not identifiable by the given cues, so no candidate is marked.2010-09-02A photograph of an outdoor ashram gathering on dusty ground under a cloudy sky. A metal gantry holds a hanging clay pot on a rope, and a long rope runs diagonally from it to the right, pulled by a line of people in white and light clothing. A bare-headed figure in a dripping white wrap and a pink-edged cloth, appearing soaked, is mid-air or leaping beneath the pot, while women in saris and a man in orange and red robes stand nearby, some holding blue barrels and tossing water. Spectators in white, grey and orange stand in the background. No clearly recognisable a person candidate is distinguishable by appearance, so identity is uncertain.2010-09-02An outdoor photo of a Dahi Handi style celebration on a dusty, puddled ground. A central figure in an orange-saffron dhoti and kurta, with bare arms raised, leaps and is sprayed with water and pink colour powder. Nearby, a man in a rust-orange robe and orange dhoti stands with a red bucket, and another shaved-headed man in white dhoti holds a green sprayer. A woman in a white salwar outfit with a long braid throws pink colour powder, and a woman in a red top holds a blue bucket. A clay pot hangs high from a rope between two red poles under a grey cloudy sky, while onlookers in white, grey and orange clothes watch from behind. The text overlay reads a copyright notice and archive source credit.2010-09-02Outdoor scene on dry sandy ground under a cloudy sky during the Krishna Janmashtami dahi handi game. A bald man in white kurta and white trousers leaps high with arms outstretched, reaching toward a clay pot hanging from a rope. Around him, a man in white dhoti and white shirt, a man in a white shirt and light trousers, a man in grey t-shirt and blue trousers, and a young person in a blue-and-white checked shirt stand watching. A woman in white with a green bangle holds a green bucket at right, and a person in blue top holds a green container at left. Water splashes around the figures and the ground is wet.2010-09-02Outdoor photo on a wet, muddy open ground under a cloudy sky. A man in a soaked white garment with a dark red border reaches up with both arms and holds a wooden stick toward a clay pot hanging from a rope, a matka-breaking style game. Behind him a man in saffron-orange robes walks on the wet ground holding a stick, and a few other people in white and light clothing stand or walk nearby, including a woman in white with a teal bucket at the right edge. A tall pole and a rope run diagonally across the frame.2010-09-02December 25 20092009-12-25