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A photo of two boys seated cross-legged on a concrete floor doing a craft activity. The boy on the left wears a white t-shirt with a printed portrait of a figure in a head covering and blue jeans, with a small red tilak on his forehead. The boy on the right, head bowed, wears a dark grey t-shirt and black trousers, placing small gold and coloured seeds or sequins onto brown cardboard sheets. Scattered seeds, small coconut shell bowls, a wooden craft stick and a cup sit on the floor around them. Cardboard cards bearing small printed portraits lie among the materials. A child in pink trousers stands partly visible at the top edge.

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Photo of boys seated on a bare concrete floor making grain and seed mosaic craft. Four boys work on brown cardboard sheets, one in a white shirt and grey shorts, others in white and cream shirts, sprinkling yellow, orange and green lentils or seeds with small wooden sticks. Small bowls and a cup of seeds sit nearby. A finished butterfly picture with yellow and orange wings lies in the foreground, and a partly filled brown sheet with dark seeds is beside it. No a person candidate is visible in the image.2006-05-08A smiling boy sits cross-legged on a concrete floor beside a bright yellow painted stripe, wearing a white t-shirt with a purple print and white trousers, with a small red tilak on his forehead. He holds a small white-and-grey grain or seed mixture on a cardboard sheet while nearby cardboard panels show craft designs made from coloured lentils and seeds in orange, yellow and white, forming outlined patterns. Small bowls of coloured grains, a wooden stick and scattered seeds lie on the floor around him.2006-05-08A photograph of children seated cross-legged on a bare floor covered with newspaper, making craft collages on brown cardboard squares. In the foreground a boy in a white shirt and blue trousers gestures with his hand while others work nearby: a boy in an orange shirt with a name badge arranges rice grains, a girl in a mustard top and cream trousers presses materials down, and a girl in a red top and black skirt works beside a girl in a white top with blue paisley-patterned skirt. The cardboard boards hold scattered rice, sticks, beads and cut-out pictures. A white cup sits on the newspaper. Several other children are partly visible at the edges.2008-05-15A photograph of children at a craft activity on a bare concrete floor in a large hall. A boy in the foreground sits with his legs spread, wearing a white t-shirt with a purple and yellow portrait print, white trousers and a purple-and-yellow cap, looking to the side. Beside him, a seated young man in a white t-shirt with a similar purple print works with papers. Scattered on the floor are sheets of white paper, paper scraps, paint or dye cups, markers, a purple cap and printed pages. Adults in white and saffron-coloured clothing stand or sit at the edges of the frame.2006-05-07A photograph of children and young women seated on a concrete floor, working on craft projects amid scattered newspaper pages. Brown cardboard sheets are laid out, some decorated with rice grains and paper strips. A girl in a white top and red skirt with blue trim works at left, a young woman in an orange and pink sari sits at upper right, and a young woman in a patterned salwar kameez works at lower right. Boys in white shirts sit in the foreground, one gluing or threading strips on cardboard. No a person candidate is visible.2008-05-15Photograph of three boys seated on a bare concrete floor, working on a craft project with dried lentils. One boy in a white shirt leans over a cardboard board with an orange lentil-glued figure, using a wooden stick to place lentils. A boy in a red t-shirt and brown shorts bends over pressing lentils from a paper cup. A third boy in a checked shirt and grey shorts sits beside them, with small paper cups of yellow and green lentils nearby. Two bare feet of another child are visible at the top edge.2006-05-08A photograph of children and young women seated cross-legged on a bare concrete floor, working on craft projects with newspaper, cardboard sheets, paper strips, scissors and small white pieces of material scattered around them. The woman at left wears a cream top, red-and-blue skirt and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and holds a thin stick. A girl in a red floral dress with a white pinafore sits centre-left, concentrating on her work. A young woman in an orange and pink sari reads a newspaper spread on the floor at right. Other children in orange, teal and white clothing work in the background, and a boy in white sits in the foreground.2008-05-15Three children sit cross-legged on a bare concrete floor doing a craft activity with seeds and glue on brown cardboard sheets. A boy in a white kurta with black trim at upper left bends over a board arranging small yellow and orange seeds. In the lower left, a boy in a purple cap with yellow brim and a striped blue-and-white shirt spreads white glue from a half coconut shell with a stick. At right, a child with dark curly hair in a grey outfit sets yellow seeds on a board. Several finished boards show butterfly and flower patterns made of orange and yellow seeds, with small bowls of seeds and scattered grains on the floor.2006-05-08October 20 20122012-10-20Several boys sit cross-legged on a bare concrete floor in a hall, cutting and arranging magazine pictures on large white sheets of paper. The boy in front wears a white-and-grey striped shirt and grey trousers, and reads an open magazine. The central boy wears a white t-shirt and a purple cap with a yellow brim, pressing a cut-out photo onto the paper. Beside them a boy in a light blue shirt and a boy in a grey striped shirt hold yellow and white printed pages. Scattered on the floor are watercolour paints in a tray, a small white bowl of water, blue pigment pieces, scissors and newspaper. Pictures of landscapes, temples and a red-and-gold scene are visible.2006-05-07Three young girls sit cross-legged on a bare floor against a pale peach wall, stringing rudraksha beads onto thread for malas. The girl in the centre wears a white top and black trousers and threads a dark bead with a wire; the girl on the right wears glasses, a white top and grey trousers with a long side braid, and sorts beads from her palm into a small white cup. A third girl on the left in a white top works in the foreground. Small piles of dark brown beads and a half-finished strand lie on the floor.2012-05-01Photo of children seated on a concrete floor making craft art with seeds and grains on brown cardboard sheets. A girl in a pink top holds a coconut shell and places orange and yellow seeds on a flower design. A girl in an orange top and light blue trousers reaches toward a board, and a girl in a green top with a white hair tie works nearby. A boy in white embroidered kurta and trousers, wearing a lanyard badge, looks toward the camera with wide eyes. Orange and yellow flower patterns and dark seed outlines lie on the boards, with scattered seeds on the floor.2006-05-08