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A stage performance with a purple backdrop and white draped stage front scattered with petals. Eight performers in costume stand and sit on the stage. Two women on the left wear pink and maroon saris with gold trim and headpieces, one in a yellow skirt. A performer in green and red with a flute and a tall golden crown stands beside a figure in golden costume holding a trident and a standing performer in maroon. In the centre, a seated figure wears an orange robe and orange head wrap, next to a bare-chested seated man with a rudraksha-style necklace and white dhoti. A woman in white drapes sits beside a standing man in white dhoti and shawl on the far right. Entertainment or dance-drama tableau, the setting is a stage.

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December 29 20082008-12-29A staged theatrical performance on a raised stage with a dark blue backdrop and draped cream-and-red platform. Several performers in elaborate costumes: a figure at left in a red and pink sari with a gold headdress, a flute-playing figure in green and red with a gold crown, and a figure in gold and maroon holding a trident beside a blue-draped table, with a dark-skinned performer portraying a deity. Seated in front, a person in an orange saffron robe, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace, and a person in white draped cloth. A standing man in white dhoti at far right. Rose petals are scattered on the stage floor.2008-12-29A stage performance with a dark backdrop and a draped pale-gold platform. Seven costumed performers stand and sit on a red-carpeted stage. In the front, a figure in an orange saffron robe and orange head wrap sits cross-legged on the left. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and white shoulder cloth sits with a rudraksha mala. On the right, a woman in a white head covering sits. Behind them, a performer in green and gold with a flute and garland plays the Krishna role, a woman in a red sari stands on the left, and on a blue-draped raised platform on the right, a figure with a trident and a woman in maroon and gold stand in ornate costume. Shaded, theatrical styling suggests a mythological drama.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29A photograph of a stage performance under a white tented canopy with a dark blue backdrop and red-carpeted steps. On the raised platform, costumed performers in colourful dress stand in a row: a figure in pink and red with a tall headdress on the left, a woman in a yellow and brown sari, and a performer in green and red holding a flute. Centre stage, two costumed figures stand near a blue-draped table, one holding a trident, with a seated man in orange robes in front. To the right, several men and women in white dhotis and white shawls stand, one seated on a white plastic chair, and a man in saffron robes with an orange turban stands at the end beside a figure holding a staff. The scene resembles a dramatic or dance enactment of a mythological story.2008-12-29Costumed performers on a stage with a dark blue backdrop and draped cream-and-gold tablecloth-style platform edge. Centre left, a man in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban stands with hands folded in front; his appearance is a robed figure with a turban, though no distinctive identifying cues beyond the orange robe and turban are clearly established. To his right, a child in gold headdress and green-and-gold costume with a garland plays a flute. Behind them, a figure in pink and gold stands beside a seated man with bare upper body and white dhoti sitting cross-legged. Right of centre, a woman in a white sari holds a trident, with a figure in gold crown and red-and-gold dress behind a blue-draped table. At far right, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands. Petals scatter across the red stage edge.2008-12-29A stage performance of a devotional play with actors in costume against a dark backdrop. On the left, a woman in a red and gold sari with a flower garland stands beside a seated figure in saffron robes and an orange head wrap. In the centre, a performer in a green and gold costume with a tall gold crown plays a bamboo flute, flanked by a standing attendant. A bare-chested seated man in white dhoti and a seated woman in a white shawl sit on the front of the stage. On the right, a figure with white-painted face, leopard-patterned garment and a gold trident is seated beside a woman in a maroon sari and gold crown. The stage has a gold draped skirt, red carpet and scattered petals.2008-12-29A stage performance under a white tent with a navy backdrop and a red-carpeted, draped platform. Costumed performers in ornate crowns and bright red, pink, yellow and green garments stand in a tableau. At centre, two figures wear gold crowns and a trident is raised beside them, and a seated figure in orange sits on a blue-draped dais. To the right, men in white dhotis and a woman in white stand, while a figure in orange and a man in white kurta sit on a white plastic chair.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29