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A dancer performs a backbend on the floor on a green stage mat before a white draped curtain, with red-and-gold lettering partly visible at the top. The performer, bare-chested, wears a black and orange-gold dhoti-style lower garment with a gold-patterned belt, a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, gold armlets and bangles, and ankle bells. One arm sweeps back while the other points forward with extended fingers, head tilted back in an expressive classical dance pose.

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December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer seated on a green floor mat in front of a pale gathered curtain, bent backwards in a dance pose with one arm raised and the hand near the forehead, fingers folded in a mudra. The bare-torsoed dancer wears a black and gold-bordered lower garment with a gold waist belt, a long rudraksha-style bead mala, gold armlets and bangles, and red and white ankle ornaments. Face is painted with dark eye makeup, pink lips and a tilak mark on the forehead.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer in a classical dance pose on a green stage floor before a white draped curtain. He kneels in a wide, low stance with hands raised in mudra-like gestures, wearing a bare torso with a multi-strand pearl necklace, gold bangles, an armlet, a gold waist belt and deep purple trousers with gold-bordered yellow sash. A red tilak marks the forehead. Probable dance performance rather than a ritual.2009-12-24A performer kneels on a low green stage in front of a pale gathered curtain, bare-chested and wearing a purple dhoti edged with gold zari and a gold waist sash. He wears a multi-strand white pearl necklace, gold armlets on both upper arms, and bangles on both wrists, with a red mark and tilak on his forehead. He leans forward with his hands planted on the stage, head bowed, as if in a classical dance pose. A black monitor sits at the lower left edge.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer in a classical Indian dance pose kneels on a green stage floor before a pale draped white curtain. The bare-chested dancer arches back with one arm raised over the head and the other hand bent near the ankle, wearing a black and gold-yellow dhoti-style wrap, a belt with gold and red ornaments, bangles on the arms and ankles, and a beaded rudraksha-style mala with a red pendant. Red patterned henna or dye marks the foot, and the face has bold eye makeup and a red bindi.2009-12-24A performer kneels on a green mat in a half-seated dance pose before a pleated white curtain, arms extended with open palms. He is bare-chested and wears a purple dhoti with an orange-and-gold border, a gold waist belt, multiple strands of white pearl necklaces, a green beaded necklace, gold armlets and bangles, and a red tilak on his forehead with kohl-lined eyes and red lips. The stage setting suggests a classical Indian dance performance. The performer's identity cannot be established from appearance, so the a person field is unsure.2009-12-24