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A smiling girl in a floral sleeveless dress with orange, red and green flowers sits cross-legged on a blue mat in a hall with a corrugated roof, shaping clay figures with her hands. She wears a green Little Anandas name badge pinned to her dress. Two rough clay figures stand on a white sheet in front of her, with a smaller clay piece nearby. Other children sit behind her in a hall with lattice windows. Claymodelling is the visible activity of this children's workshop.

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A young girl with shoulder-length dark hair and a small orange hair clip sits cross-legged on a blue mat, wearing a sleeveless white dress printed with red, orange and green flowers. She holds damp brown clay between her palms and looks toward the camera. A white board in front of her holds a lump of brown clay with smears of clay around it. Behind her, other children sit on the floor in a hall with lattice windows, including one in a pink top and others in blue and grey clothing, with a few adults at the back.2006-05-05A photo of a young girl sitting cross-legged on a blue tarpaulin in a hall, wearing a white and red raglan t-shirt, white trousers, gold bangles and a silver pendant necklace. She wears a green name badge on a lanyard and looks upward. Beside her a second girl in a red top and orange-gold sari sits with hands raised in a gesture. In front of them on a wooden board lie small unfired clay figures of deities and objects being shaped by hand.2006-05-05A photograph of children at a hall-based craft session, with a girl in the foreground seated on a blue tarpaulin shaping wet brown clay. She wears a white blouse, a red patterned skirt, a braided ponytail and gold bangles, and holds an orange scrap of tissue paper. On the wooden board before her are several clay figures, including a tall temple-like model decorated with small coloured dots. Behind her other children in orange and white clothes sit on the floor with buckets of clay, and a large orange bucket stands at right. No a person figure is visible.2006-05-05A young girl sits on a cloth-covered floor facing the camera, with two long braids and a dark beaded mala around her neck. She wears a cream silk dress with red and green striped sleeves edged in gold. A green and white name badge hangs on her chest beside a small pendant. Her hands are dusted with clay as she works with reddish-brown clay figurines of small seated figures laid out on a white sheet in front of her. Behind her, another child in a yellow top and denim shorts sits with their back turned, and a few other children sit in a room with lattice windows.2006-05-05Photograph of four girls seated on a blue tarpaulin on a concrete floor, shaping clay figures. A girl in a yellow kurta on the left reaches toward a tray of small clay forms; the central girl wears a white salwar kameez with a white dupatta, a red bangle and a long plait, and works clay with her hands. Behind her a girl in a peach top and light blue dupatta with glasses rests a hand on her shoulder, and on the right a girl in a pale blue outfit sits with her hands clasped. Name badges hang from their clothing. Behind them, people in orange and white clothing stand, and a teal bucket sits nearby. A tray in front holds clay figures and a clay strip.2006-05-05A smiling young girl in a white blouse with a light orange shawl sits on a blue tarpaulin, holding out clay she has sculpted into a small animal figure. Other clay pieces lie nearby, and a person in a yellow-green checked garment is partly visible behind her. She wears gold earrings, a nose stud, a red bindi and a black beaded necklace.2006-05-05A photograph of children sitting cross-legged on a blue tarp, shaping clay figures on wooden boards in a hall. In the foreground, a young girl with short hair wears a red and white raglan T-shirt, white loose trousers, gold bangles and a pendant necklace with a small round photo. A visible event badge hangs from her shirt. Her hands are pressing a lump of reddish-brown clay, and several unfinished clay figures, including a small elephant-headed deity form, lie on the board in front. Behind her, another child in a red and orange garment works on clay. Ceiling lattice windows and framed portraits are visible in the background.2006-05-05A young girl in a yellow-and-white checked top and yellow pants sits cross-legged on a blue tarp, shaping wet brown clay on a white board with both hands. Behind her, several other children sit on the floor, some in yellow, orange and green clothes, also working with clay in a crowded hall. Clay pieces and crumbs lie scattered around the board.2006-05-05A smiling young girl with dark hair pulled back and a red bindi on her forehead, wearing a gold earring, a black beaded necklace and a white top with gold trim, leans in beside a wooden board. Her hand is pressed to damp brown clay sculptures of figures attached to the board, and a blue cloth hangs behind. No one else is clearly visible.2006-05-05A smiling young girl in a yellow dupatta and a white-and-yellow checked top sits cross-legged on a blue mat, shaping wet clay with both hands at a Little Anandas clay-modelling session. A green name badge is pinned to her clothing. Before her on a white table are clay sculptures, including a small animal figure with a round head and a seated clay figure with a stool. Another person in orange clothing sits in the background under a metal-framed roof. Scattered clay scraps cover the table.2006-05-05Photograph of six young women and girls seated closely on a blue tarp, working together on a wooden board covered in wet brown clay. They are shaping small clay figures and a miniature landscape with a clay tree and mounds. Several wear white or pastel salwar kameez and saris in peach, red, yellow and black, along with eyeglasses, lanyards with name badges and beaded necklaces. One woman in a mustard top presses clay with both hands. A small clay figure in an orange cloth sits at the lower left of the board. Background shows a hall with latticed windows, a white-robed figure and draped cloth hangings.2006-05-05A smiling young woman in a yellow and orange shawl over a white checked garment kneels at a white table, shaping a clay hand sculpture with a round clay ball set in the palm. Her forehead bears a small red dot and she wears a gold stud earring. Other children sit in the background at a similar craft activity in a hall with lights overhead.2006-05-05