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A cultural dance performance in a hall with white lattice windows and white draped ceiling fabric. Young women in pink and white dresses with yellow flowers in their braids hold sticks and dance in a circle. Seated audience members in white garments and flower garlands watch from the floor, some in orange and red saris. A blue and yellow banner hangs from the ceiling, and water bottles sit on a low table at right.

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A photograph of a cultural dance performance in an indoor hall with a tiled floor, lattice windows and a red door. Five young women in pink and white outfits with matching pink trousers, gold anklets and yellow flowers in their hair hold thin wooden sticks and dance in a group. Seated spectators, some in white and red, watch from the floor at the bottom edge.2009-06-22A photograph of a cultural dance performance in a white-walled hall with ceiling fans, hanging colourful woven banners with elephant motifs, and lattice windows. Several women in red and pink striped dresses with yellow flower garlands in their hair perform a stick or rhythmic group dance in the centre of the floor. Seated audience members in white clothes, many wearing flower garlands, watch from the floor, and figures in the foreground are seen from behind. The scene reads as a cultural programme during an ashram gathering.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a cultural stick dance performance in a hall with white walls, ceiling fans and a green map-shaped backdrop of southern India. Six young women in red and pink costumes with pink and white sashes, some with yellow flowers in their hair, hold long sticks raised overhead while dancing on a pale floor. Seated spectators in white and colourful saris and white shirts with garlands watch from the front and sides. Decorative woven banners with elephant motifs hang from the pillars.2009-06-22A cultural performance in a white-canopied hall decorated with hanging yellow and multicolored patterned banners. Several young women in matching red and pink dresses dance on a light floor in the centre, with some holding small objects. A large audience of mostly white-clad devotees sits on the floor and in chairs, many wearing white garlands of jasmine. A few people in the foreground have shaved or thinning hair; no one is identifiable as a particular person. Speakers and ceiling fans are visible overhead.2009-06-22A photograph of a group dance in a bright hall with white tiled ceiling and fluorescent lights. Women in white and cream saris, one in a pink and gold bordered sari, and men in white kurta-style clothes with red sashes, hold colourful sticks raised in crossed arms and dance in a circle. Smiling faces and bare feet on a polished marble floor. In the background, figures in orange and red garments and a deity murti are visible near a shrine area.2016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a large hall with a polished tiled floor where women and men in white and colourful traditional clothes perform a stick dance with brightly striped dandiya sticks raised overhead. In the foreground a smiling woman in a white and gold sari with a pink-and-gold dupatta lifts her sticks, beside a woman in a grey and black striped sari and a woman in a green sari with a white-and-red patterned skirt. Several participants wear white kurtas with red-and-gold sashes. Ceiling lights and red drapes frame the room. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the dancers.2016-10-03A group of young women in orange and saffron saris and white and gold traditional dress perform a stick dance in an indoor hall with white tiled floors and ceiling lights. Several dancers raise thin decorated sticks in blue, green, pink and yellow overhead, and some wear red and orange bangles and garlands. Framed photo collages hang on the wall behind them, with red curtains and a religious image visible at the left edge. The dancers are mid-movement, with flowing skirts and braided hair.2016-10-03