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A photograph of a Khmer traditional ensemble performing outdoors on a stone platform beside a grassy field and a low stone balustrade. Musicians in white jackets sit on the ground: a man on the left plays a long bamboo flute, a man in the centre plays a wooden xylophone with red-tipped mallets, and a young woman in a white lace dress plays a similar instrument. Another man in white stands behind holding a red-tipped mallet, and a bare-footed boy in a white shirt watches at right. A circular rack of bronze gongs sits at the lower left. A tree-lined lawn and palm trees are behind them, with a reflecting pool on the ground.

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A photograph of four young men in matching white military-style tunics with gold buttons performing on a traditional Cambodian instrument ensemble on a stone courtyard. In the foreground, a young man in white strikes a circular rattan-framed set of bronze gong-kettles with a mallet. Beside him, an older man in white and cream trousers plays a wooden flute-like instrument. Behind them, another musician in white plays a small gong, and a fifth person in a light shirt stands near a worn stone structure with grass and a puddle on the paving behind.2007-07-07October 12 20072007-10-12Outdoor photo of a ritual drumming group seated on red-and-grey stone steps beside a row of black stone shivalingams and a metal railing. Several young boys and girls play large white drums and snare drums with sticks; one girl wears an orange skirt and gold-trimmed blouse, a boy wears white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and a child in orange sits at the left edge. Behind them, adults in white dhotis and white shawls play long brass horns and cymbals, with white and orange-clad devotees further back. Several figures have white sandalwood or ash markings on their skin.2016-12-09 +1 copiesA photograph of six men in matching light blue t-shirts seated under a blue tarpaulin canopy supported by bamboo poles in a forest clearing. They play traditional Cambodian instruments: long-necked stringed instruments, a bowed instrument, a wooden box-type instrument and a green-and-brown drum. A man in the foreground plays a small handheld instrument. Set on a wooden platform are rows of CDs or DVDs in cases, displayed on a wire rack with a handwritten label. Trees and dry earth surround them.2007-07-05A group of young male devotees in white ritual clothing play drums and wind instruments on a sandy open ground beside small ashram buildings and palm trees. A large bass drum with a white head sits in the foreground, struck by a boy in white kurta and dhoti; another boy beats a smaller hand drum and a taller youth in a white kurta with a saffron-orange shawl stands at centre. A boy at left blows a long brass horn, and a youth at right holds cymbals. Several youths wear white shirts with small portrait badges on their pockets. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2007-10-12A group of six musicians sit cross-legged on an orange cloth spread on a paved courtyard under a covered veranda. Two men on the left play large barrel drums, one with a yellow-strapped drum and a wooden pillar beside him. Three men in the centre and right play wind instruments, including a long pipe and a nadaswaram-style reed instrument, one man wearing a white dhoti and shirt, others in grey or dark shirts with white dhotis. A man on the far right in a grey shirt looks on, and a potted plant and flowering shrubs sit beside an orange building in the background.2011-12-17Evening outdoor satsang in a crowded open ground with rows of white and coloured plastic chairs. In the foreground, a musician in a white shirt plays a wooden-bodied drum with yellow straps and another seated musician beside him plays a stringed instrument; other men in white dhotis sit on an orange cloth. Behind them, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with a yellow-bordered shawl and a gold chain sits at a table of audio equipment wearing headphones, with a navy cloth backdrop. A standing man in a white dhoti and yellow shawl with a long sash stands at right near the table, and a crowd of onlookers fills the background.2012-01-08Outdoor ghat steps with a crowd seated on red stone. In the foreground a young man in white shirt and white dhoti plays a large brown-and-gold barrel drum with curved sticks, and beside him a man in white dhoti plays a long dark wind instrument resembling a nadaswaram or shehnai. Behind them a woman in an orange sari and rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits near brass vessels and flower offerings, with more devotees in white and pastel clothing around them. The scene suggests a ritual musical accompaniment on the riverside steps.2016-12-19Outdoor photo of a traditional Tamil musical ensemble performing on a stone-paved courtyard. Four seated musicians in white dhotis and white shirts play instruments: two play long wooden nadaswaram-style pipes, and two play drums, one a barrel drum with a red-brown wrapped body and a tavil-style drum held with sticks. Standing onlookers in white veshtis and shirts watch from behind, and a woman in a light sari stands at the upper right.2012-06-05Outdoor photograph of a drumming group seated on red-brick steps beside a metal railing. Several young drummers in orange and white clothing with rudraksha malas play large silver drums with wooden sticks; a young woman in a pink and green sari drums in the foreground. A shirtless man in white dhoti and a gold chain sits with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in orange robes holds a small hand cymbal. Other participants in orange robes and a man lifting a camera stand in the background, with a red flag at upper left and black stone pillars at the right.2016-12-03Outdoor ritual scene on red-brick steps beside white railings. In the foreground, a boy with bare torso and white body markings sits playing a drum, next to a girl in an orange skirt and bare torso who also plays a large white drum with sticks. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and white garments sit in a row holding pink-tipped sticks and bronze pots, while dark stone shivalingams stand on pedestals along the steps. Orange-clad figures are visible at the upper right. Visible people are numerous, so the count range is 21-100 range of people; the exact count is uncertain.2016-12-09November 22 20162016-11-22