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A photograph of a stage performance. A man with long dark hair and a small ornament on his forehead walks barefoot across the stage. He wears a rust-red draped dhoti-style garment and a bare-chested ornamented top with white beaded accents, and a thin necklace. He is the only visible person. Behind him a large LED screen shows a grid of glowing orange and yellow flame-like lights on a dark background. Rows of ornate brass oil lamps line the front of the stage, and a magenta velvet curtain hangs at the right edge.

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December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18A performer stands in profile on a stage, walking across a dark stage floor lined with rows of small brass oil lamps. He wears long dark hair, a bindi, bare arms with armlets, a rust-red draped dhoti-style garment and an ornate silver-embellished bodice. Behind him a large LED screen shows glowing amber and red flickering lights in a grid, and a magenta velvet curtain hangs at the right edge of the stage. The scene reads as a theatrical staged presentation rather than a ritual.2017-12-18A performer in a stage costume stands in profile on a lit stage, walking slowly. He has long dark dreadlocked hair, a red-brown dhoti-style lower garment and a matching bodice with silver embellishments, and a gold ornament at his forehead. Behind him a large LED screen shows a grid of glowing orange and red lights. Rows of silver oil lamps line the front edge of the stage, and a magenta curtain hangs at the right. The scene reads as a staged performance rather than a seated discourse. The performer's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18A photograph of a stage performance with a single barefoot performer in a rust-red draped costume with silver embellished bodice and belt, long dark hair falling down the back, and a forehead marking. He walks across a stage lined with rows of brass oil lamps in the foreground. Behind him a large backdrop projects a grid of glowing amber and orange lights, and a magenta velvet curtain hangs on the right. The appearance-based cues of long hair and ornate costume are present, but the performer's identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2017-12-18A barefoot man with long dark braided hair walks across a stage in a reddish-brown costume with a sleeveless top, leopard-patterned embellished belt and loose maroon dhoti-style trousers. Behind him a large screen shows glowing orange and yellow lamp-like patterns on a deep blue background. Rows of brass oil lamps stand along the stage edge at the bottom, and a magenta curtain hangs at the right. The figure has a distinctive long-haired, adorned appearance consistent with a stage performance, but the face is not clearly enough distinguishable to confirm an identity.2017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18A barefoot man in a rust-red dhoti-style garment with a silver-embellished red bodice and an upper-arm band walks in profile across a stage. His long dark dreadlocks fall past his shoulders, and a small ornament sits in his hair. Behind him a large backdrop of illuminated gold and red lamp-like lights stands, and a row of ornate brass oil lamps lines the stage floor at the front. A magenta curtain hangs on the right edge.2017-12-18