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Night outdoor performance on a white stage. A young woman in black leggings with teal and striped trim hangs upside down from a striped rope beside a wooden pole, her hair falling and feet pointed up. A man in a white sleeveless kurta with gold trim speaks into a handheld microphone at left. A woman in a white sari with gold border smiles at lower right, and a partly visible person's head appears at the bottom edge. Orange bamboo railings and dark trees form the background.

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A night outdoor performance with a performer hanging upside down from a long cloth rope suspended beside a tall wooden pole. The aerial acrobat wears a black and turquoise leotard with white leggings and bare feet, while a man in white kurta and dhoti with gold borders holds a microphone and sings or announces. A woman in a white top with gold trim watches and raises her hand near the performer, and orange poles and string lights frame the stage under dark trees. No deity, a person candidate or ritual setting is visible.2012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03Night photo of an aerial rope performance: a performer in a red and black fitted costume hangs upside down from a rope under a canopy, one leg wrapped in the rope. A man in white sleeveless kurta with gold trim stands at left beside a wooden pole, watching. Behind a white stage edge, several seated spectators are visible, and a woman in white with gold border sits at lower right. Orange railing, trees and string lights frame the scene.2012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03Night-time outdoor photo of a performer hanging inverted from a rope on a pole, body arched with legs together and long dark hair falling down, wearing a black and red fitted outfit. Beside them a woman in a white dhoti-style garment with a gold border stands with hands folded, holding the pole. Behind the performer, a man in white with a gold-bordered shawl stands near orange cloth and striped cushions on a raised orange mat, with a white tent backdrop and string lights in the distance. A metal bowl sits at the right edge.2012-06-03A night-time outdoor photograph of an acrobatic performance on a raised red-and-white mat stage. A performer in an orange and lime-green bodysuit hangs upside down, held by a rope, her body arched while another performer in a yellow top and dark trousers supports her from behind. A woman in a white sari with a gold border kneels at the lower left, steadying the inverted performer's legs. Wooden poles frame the left side, string lights glow in the background, and a few spectators stand at the edge.2012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03Night-time outdoor event with a large seated audience, mostly men in white and some in saffron, filling rows of red plastic chairs and mats under string lights and festival bunting. In the foreground a young performer in a black top and teal-and-white leggings hangs upside down from a rope on a wooden frame, supported by a child in red below. A man in a white dhoti with gold border stands at right holding a wooden pole, and a woman in a white sari with gold border watches beside a red-covered platform. Children sit on a green mat in the lower left.2012-06-03