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Outdoor cultural performance on a paved courtyard in front of a long white multi-storey building with red-tiled roofline. Four young male performers on tall bamboo stilts wear white shirts, white dhotis with red and maroon waist sashes, and orange leg wraps, waving red and yellow cloths. Garlands of orange flowers hang around their necks. A drummer at right plays a frame drum. Behind them, a raised stage with white and blue draped tables holds a seated figure in orange robes and an orange head wrap, flanked by men in white dhotis and white shirts, some seated on the ground at left. Tall trees stand in the background.

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September 17 20062006-09-17September 17 20062006-09-17Outdoor photograph of a welcome ceremony on a paved courtyard. In the background a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban sits on a white ornate throne-like chair set on a draped white platform with a red cloth edge, with a small arrangement on the table; a standing crowd in white shirts and dhotis watches. In the foreground about six young men in white tunics and white dhoti-style cloths with red sashes and orange leg wraps, wearing orange-and-yellow marigold garlands, hold yellow and red cloths and bow toward the dais. A white multi-storey building and green trees stand behind. Overall, about twenty or more people are visible.2006-09-17Outdoor cultural performance on a paved courtyard in front of a long multi-storey cream building with red-tiled roof edges. Several young male dancers in white shirts and white dhotis, with red sashes and orange leg wraps, wave yellow and red cloths while stepping on wooden stilts. Marigold garlands are draped on the dancers. On the right, a seated figure in orange robes and an orange head wrap sits on a raised white-draped dais with a silver chair-like seat, a kalasha-style offering in front. Standing onlookers in white kurtas and white shirts watch, and a drummer in white plays a drum at the right edge.2006-09-17September 17 20062006-09-17Photograph of young men performing on tall wooden stilts along a paved road lined with trees. Five or more performers wear white kurta-style tops and white dhoti-like trousers with red waist cloths, and each wears orange-and-yellow marigold garlands. They hold yellow and red cloths aloft in their hands and have orange leg wraps above their stilts. Behind them a large crowd of spectators, mostly in white and pastel shirts, sits along the roadside watching. The scene looks like a cultural stilt dance performance during a campus programme.2006-09-17September 17 20062006-09-17A photograph of a stilt dance performance on a dirt ground at an open outdoor event. Several male performers wear white dhoti-style garments, white shirts, orange and white headbands, and red and yellow cloth sashes, and they stride on tall blue metal stilts while holding and waving red and yellow cloths. A blue metal frame structure and a corrugated roof with decorative finials sit behind them. On the right, a seated crowd in white clothes and a few women in orange and saffron saris watch, with a decorated umbrella-like canopy in the background. No figure can be clearly identified as a person.2006-12-25A photograph of a stilt dance performance on a sandy open-air ground beneath a blue steel frame and a green corrugated-roof hall. About eight young men in white shirts, white dhotis and red-and-orange waist sashes balance on tall blue wooden stilts, raising red and yellow cloths in their hands while a large crowd of spectators sits and stands around the ground. Several performers wear white headbands and some have white caps; they are mid-leap and mid-pose, with their arms outstretched. Behind them a small decorated palanquin or float is visible among the audience.2006-12-25September 17 20062006-09-17September 17 20062006-09-17Outdoor cultural performance on sandy ground at dusk. A row of male performers in white dhotis and white shirts with red and orange waist sashes and white headbands walk on tall blue stilts, swinging yellow cloths in their raised hands. Behind them, a crowd of spectators, many in white and some in orange, watches from the left beside a green-roofed hall with a small umbrella canopy and a seated figure in orange. Palm trees and a metal scaffold frame the scene.2006-12-25