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A stage performance on a red carpet before a maroon drape with gold pillars. A person in a white top and deep blue dhoti lies prostrate face-down, arms outstretched, in a full-length obeisance. Standing beside them is a woman with dark hair in a bun, wearing an orange sari-style garment with a gold belt, a beaded necklace and bangles, and ankle bells, looking down toward the prone figure. Behind them a dark blue cloth covers a raised table, flanked by ornate gold columns, and a decorative flag with a bird motif hangs at the left. Pleated lavender fabric drapes on the right. The scene appears to be a dramatized ritual or dance-drama.

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