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A stage performance of Carnatic music on a red-covered platform with a blue satin skirt. Four musicians sit on the floor: at left a man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti plays a hand drum; at centre a young man in cream kurta plays a sitar-like stringed instrument with a large gourd resonator; a young boy in maroon plays a violin; at right a bald man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti plays a large clay pot (ghatam). A laptop sits on the floor in front, and a blue velvet drape with gold scalloped trim hangs behind the group under a white tent canopy with fans and speakers.

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