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A photograph taken from above of a community hall where a folk performance is taking place on a bare concrete floor. In the centre, a performer in a red and gold costume with a tall headdress and a red cloth stands among drummers. Another performer in a green top and patterned yellow skirt faces them from the foreground. Drummers in white clothes beat frame drums on the left. Rows of seated audience members in red plastic chairs, many in white, green, orange and blue saris and white dhotis, watch from the back, while others stand along the left wall. Green banana plants and palm leaves decorate the back right corner. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.

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January 11 20092009-01-11Elevated view of an open courtyard at night with many people seated on red plastic chairs around the edges and standing in the open floor. In the centre, a performer in a dark red sari dances while others in white dhotis play hand drums. On the right, a person in a white shirt and red sash stands beside a large figure wearing a blue and gold bodice, a painted face, and a yellow patterned skirt. A dancer in a blue shirt and maroon dhoti is in the foreground. Pillars with painted deity figures line the left side, and string lights hang overhead. Several people in white clothing and a man with a camera stand nearby.2009-01-11Elevated view of an indoor hall with a bare concrete floor where a crowd gathers. Along the left wall stand white plaster deity figures and pillars strung with coloured lights and garlands. Seated devotees in white dhotis and saris fill red plastic chairs along the right side. In the centre, several people in white dhotis and shirts stand in a loose circle, a woman in a maroon sari dances or walks among them, and men beat hand drums. On the right foreground, a seated figure in a green top and yellow patterned skirt faces the group. A man in a blue shirt raises a camera at the bottom centre, and a child in a striped shirt stands at the lower left.2009-01-11Elevated view of a night-time community gathering in a covered hall with strings of coloured lights overhead. Along the left wall stand white statues and a row of framed images. A crowd of mostly men and women in white dhotis, saris and salwars watches and moves on a concrete floor. In the centre, a woman in a blue sari and a woman in a pink-and-purple top carry a decorated pot-like vessel, while a man in white beats a hand drum and a child in yellow shirt joins in. On the right, a figure in a tall gold-and-green costume with a dark braided headpiece stands with arms lowered, and a man in white watches nearby. Seated women in colourful saris line the right side in red plastic chairs.2009-01-11January 11 20092009-01-11Elevated view of an open-air courtyard at dusk or night, lit by strings of bulbs and overhead tube lights. Rows of women and girls in saris and salwar sets sit on red plastic chairs along the right and back edges, many in white, purple, green and orange. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand and walk across the sandy floor, and a man in a blue shirt and maroon lungi crouches in the foreground, holding up a camera. Two men carry drums, one in an orange shirt. In the lower right, a figure of a person wrapped in gold and orange printed cloth with a silver-foil bust and painted face stands on the ground. Banana plants and a decorated arch frame the scene. The approximate visible count is around 40 people.2009-01-11Elevated view of a large open-sided hall at night, lit by strings of fairy lights and bulbs. Along the left, a row of white statues and pillars stands in front of a shrine-like colonnade. A crowd of mostly white-clad men and women fills the central floor in a circle, while many seated spectators in red plastic chairs line the right side. In the centre, a woman in a dark green sari carries a brass pot on her head, and nearby a woman in a blue and orange outfit and a man in white dhoti and shirt move among the group. A man in a light blue shirt stands with hands raised in a clapping gesture. The scene appears to be a festive welcome procession with devotees gathered around a carried pot.2009-01-11Night-time photograph of a courtyard decorated with string lights and a row of white pillars carrying painted deity figures. Dancers in costume occupy the open ground: one in a long dark blue-green dress with a tall headdress, another in a maroon garment with a white feathered headpiece, and a figure in a gold and green dress with a crown-like ornament in the foreground. A man in a white dhoti and shirt beats a hand drum at left. Many men in white clothes and women in saris sit on red plastic chairs or stand around the edges, watching the performance.2009-01-11Night-time outdoor festival in a courtyard decorated with string lights and garlands. Many people stand and sit around the open ground; a drummer in white holds a frame drum, and a performer in a yellow-and-red costume dances near a line of women in blue, pink and orange saris. Children in white and colourful clothes stand in the foreground. White pillars with floral garlands and painted figures line the left side, and rows of red chairs fill the right. A banner and painted panels decorate the back wall. No a person candidate is visible.2009-01-11January 11 20092009-01-11Night-time outdoor community celebration in a courtyard strung with fairy lights and bunting, with white statues of deities and garlanded pillars along the left under a red canopy. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts stand in a loose circle, and a woman in a red sari and a woman in a white sari dance or move at centre, while drummers in white and a boy in orange play hand drums. Many seated spectators in plastic chairs, mostly women in saris, watch from the right, and children and adults crowd the left edge. Palm trees and a stage with a banner appear beyond the wall.2009-01-11Overhead view of a night gathering in an open courtyard lit by strings of fairy lights and a red canopy. Along the left, a row of white statues stands decorated with garlands in a shrine-like pavilion, with red placards mounted on the pillars. Many devotees line the edges, mostly men in white dhotis and women in saris, watching. In the centre, a small group dances in a circle: a man in a white shirt and dhoti holds a fan-like object, a man in an orange shirt and a dancer in a red sari with a headdress are among them, and a woman in a blue shirt and purple skirt stands at the right edge. Several people are visible in the courtyard, in the range of roughly two dozen.2009-01-11