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Two performers in matching orange kurta-style outfits perform an aerial pole routine in a large hall. The upper performer, a young woman with long dark braid, grips a white pole overhead, while the lower performer, supporting her with a white rope around the waist, is lifted off the ground with legs extended. A seated audience fills the floor in white and orange saris, and several women in front clap with palms together, one wearing a yellow outfit and one wearing red and white. A blue mat lies at the foreground edge, and a framed painting hangs on the left wall. Nobody is clearly identifiable as a person in this scene, and no one is shown as a sole central figure.

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