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A performer in a bright lime-green sleeveless top, red track trousers and ornate metal-studded anklets stands on a hall floor carrying a long wooden pole decorated with red-and-yellow tassels and dark feather plumes, attached to a large curved golden-fringed blue ornamental frame. Behind him, a second performer in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long curved brass horn. To the right, a man in a cream kurta and orange dhoti stands beside a white pillar. A white pedestal fan, an orange bag and a lattice window sit in the background, and a brown wooden door is set in a white wall.

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June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A performer in a folk-style dance costume stands centre-stage on a tiled hall floor, bent slightly forward with knees bent. He wears a tall, ornate headdress with a yellow-and-blue panel, red and gold feathers and a fringed crown, a sleeveless neon-green top, a green and orange waist sash, red trousers with white side stripes, and bells or anklets with gold bead decorations. A bare-footed man in a white dhoti and orange shawl carries an orange cushion-like drum at left, and onlookers in white shirts, dhotis and casual clothes watch from the right beside a wall painted with temple artwork. A white pedestal fan and a lattice window sit at left.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A performer in a bright green sleeveless top and green shorts over red leggings dances on a pale hall floor, arms spread wide while playing a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-type pipe) held to his mouth. He wears a sacred ash mark on his forehead, a copper pendant on a cord, and ankle bells with metallic studs. Behind him rises a tall ornate yellow and black decorated structure with feathers and a cloth canopy. A large drum stands at left, and a man in a cream shirt and rust-coloured dhoti stands at right, holding a camera with an identification badge. White drapes hang at the top of the hall.2009-06-22A folk performance on a tiled floor in a hall with a white lattice screen and orange wall. A performer in a lime-green sleeveless top, red track trousers and ankle bells bends forward, reaching toward two brown bottles and yellow balls placed on a woven mat. Behind him, a drummer in white dhoti holds a barrel drum, a nadaswaram player in white kurta and dhoti plays a wind instrument, and another musician in cream kurta plays a stringed instrument. A seated woman in red sari with flowers in her hair watches beside a large decorated wooden arch with peacock-feather plumes. Other onlookers sit at the edge of the frame.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A folk dance performance on a stage with a light grey floor. A dancer in a neon green sleeveless top, green shorts over red leggings, and ankle bells moves at the centre. Behind him, four drummers in white dhotis or a maroon shirt play traditional drums; two play large yellow-and-blue decorated drums with feathered ornaments, and a drummer at right holds a horn-like instrument. A teal backdrop shows a green map of Tamil Nadu with painted figures. A glass bottle sits at the lower left edge.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22