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A folk dancer performs in a hall with a blindfolded female dancer at centre, wearing a green and red sequined costume with fringed hip panel and beaded ankle bells. She balances a decorated headpiece topped with a painted bird ornament and a pink-and-gold crown-like structure with tassels. Behind her, a woman in a black and gold embroidered costume stands with arms raised. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the right, and a cameraman in white kurta with an orange shawl films on the left. Seated attendees in white line the back wall. A yellow and blue embroidered hanging and white draped curtain decorate the room.

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June 22 20092009-06-22A female dancer in a folk-style performance stands barefoot on a pale floor, balancing a tall pink and green decorated pot-like headpiece topped with a peacock-shaped ornament. She wears a blue and gold sequined blouse and a matching blue skirt with gold floral sequins, black leg warmers and ankle bells, with long braids and bold eye makeup. Her arms are extended outward in a dance pose. Behind her a man in a lime-green vest and red trousers with ankle bells stands with arms folded, and at right a musician in a white shirt and dhoti plays a wind instrument. A woman in a red sari sits in the background beside a red door, with a fan mounted on the wall and a yellow cloth hanging above.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A female dancer in a blue and gold sequined costume performs on a bare floor, balancing a decorated kalasha pot with pink and green ornaments and a lit diya on her head. Her hair is in long side braids, and she wears ankle bells and black leg warmers. Behind her, a man in white dhoti and shawl plays a frame drum, and a figure in a bright green tunic and red trousers with ankle bells stands at the right beside an orange wooden door. Lattice window and white draped curtains form the hall backdrop, and a red-clad seated performer appears at the left edge.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A cultural stage performance with two female dancers in the centre balancing decorated pots on their heads, one in a green and red costume and the other in a blue and gold sequined outfit with pink and white headpieces. Behind them a drummer in white dhoti and a man playing a long wind instrument stand near a teal backdrop showing a green map of southern India. Seated audience members sit on the left, and a photographer in white stands behind the performers. A small group of people watches from the lower foreground.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22