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A stage performance with a dark backdrop and a draped pale-gold platform. Seven costumed performers stand and sit on a red-carpeted stage. In the front, a figure in an orange saffron robe and orange head wrap sits cross-legged on the left. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and white shoulder cloth sits with a rudraksha mala. On the right, a woman in a white head covering sits. Behind them, a performer in green and gold with a flute and garland plays the Krishna role, a woman in a red sari stands on the left, and on a blue-draped raised platform on the right, a figure with a trident and a woman in maroon and gold stand in ornate costume. Shaded, theatrical styling suggests a mythological drama.

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December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29A staged theatrical performance on a raised stage with a dark blue backdrop and draped cream-and-red platform. Several performers in elaborate costumes: a figure at left in a red and pink sari with a gold headdress, a flute-playing figure in green and red with a gold crown, and a figure in gold and maroon holding a trident beside a blue-draped table, with a dark-skinned performer portraying a deity. Seated in front, a person in an orange saffron robe, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace, and a person in white draped cloth. A standing man in white dhoti at far right. Rose petals are scattered on the stage floor.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29Costumed performers on a stage with a dark blue backdrop and draped cream-and-gold tablecloth-style platform edge. Centre left, a man in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban stands with hands folded in front; his appearance is a robed figure with a turban, though no distinctive identifying cues beyond the orange robe and turban are clearly established. To his right, a child in gold headdress and green-and-gold costume with a garland plays a flute. Behind them, a figure in pink and gold stands beside a seated man with bare upper body and white dhoti sitting cross-legged. Right of centre, a woman in a white sari holds a trident, with a figure in gold crown and red-and-gold dress behind a blue-draped table. At far right, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands. Petals scatter across the red stage edge.2008-12-29A stage performance with a seated young man in the centre, bare-chested with a white shawl draped over his shoulder and a white dhoti, cross-legged on a red-carpeted stage with scattered yellow flowers. Behind him a female performer in a green and red costume with a gold crown plays a flute and wears a red and white garland. To the left, a performer in a yellow skirt and maroon top stands beside a figure in a green-and-red-bordered sari. On the right, a performer with painted face and a gold-and-brown leopard-print costume holds a gold staff, next to a performer in a maroon sari. The dark blue backdrop frames the scene, which appears to be a dance-drama enactment of a Krishna story with a flute and a staff.2008-12-29A stage performance during a celebration, with a bare-chested man seated cross-legged at centre on a red-edged stage draped in pale fabric, wearing white dhoti and a white shawl over one shoulder and a dark rudraksha-style cord. Behind him, women in traditional dance costumes stand in colourful saris: one in yellow and maroon with a long dupatta, another in green and red with a flower garland and gold jewellery playing a bamboo flute, and two on the right in gold-patterned leopard-print and maroon garments, one holding a tall golden staff. Marigold petals are scattered on the stage edge, and the background is dark.2008-12-29A stage performance with a seated bare-chested man in a white dhoti and white shawl, cross-legged on a red-and-yellow flower-strewn stage platform, hands folded in his lap. Behind him, performers in costume stand: a woman in a green and gold choli and red-orange skirt wears a long red and white flower garland and plays a bamboo flute; to the left, a woman in maroon and gold holds a flute-like pose beside another in a yellow and maroon sari; on the right, a performer in a leopard-print top and white dhoti holds a tall gold staff, while another in a maroon and gold sari gestures. The backdrop is dark blue draped cloth.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29