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Outdoor festival under a white tent with a pink draped backdrop. In the foreground a performer in a green, blue and white striped skirt with a long braid and a colourful ornamented headdress dances with a painted horse-figure. Seated on a raised red-covered dais are people in orange robes, including a person in an orange turban and orange shawl. Behind them a seated audience of many children and adults sits on green mats, and a man in white holds a decorated ceremonial umbrella. A woman in white sits near the dais. Attendees in white and orange are visible.

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December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor festival stage under a white canopy with a pink and gold patterned backdrop. On the left, a man in white stands beside a seated figure in saffron robes with a saffron head wrap and a rudraksha mala, sitting on a white-covered seat behind a red-draped table with offerings; ceremonial colourful umbrellas with tassels stand overhead. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes sit on a green mat. On the right, a performer in a green and red skirt with bells and a headdress dances on stilts beside a white horse-shaped prop, while a second stilt dancer in a striped skirt is visible behind. A photographer stands near the stage.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor festival stage under a white tent with pink and maroon draped backdrop and ornate decorative parasols. Two performers on tall blue stilts wearing white shirts, green sashes, blue headbands and orange cloth wraps dance on sand, one with a pink feather plume. Seated on a red-draped platform, a man in an orange robe and orange turban sits near a brass trident and lamp stand, with a standing man in white clothing beside him. A large seated crowd in white and orange clothing fills the green mat area and background.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A performer on tall blue stilts wears an elaborate gold and yellow embroidered costume with an orange skirt, a colourful plumed headdress and a white horse-head mask with pink tassels, dancing centre-stage on green matting. Behind him under a pink and gold draped tent, several saffron-robed sadhus sit on a raised platform with a red-draped table, a white-clad attendant stands with hands joined, and a striped ceremonial umbrella and a staff are visible. Seated white-clad devotees line the right side of the tent. The scene is a cultural performance during the Brahmotsav festival.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30