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A cultural performance in a tented hall with a seated audience behind. On the left, a young man in saffron-orange robes leans toward a seated young man wearing a red garment, a white and red garland, and a striped sash, who smiles and gestures. On a green sofa behind them hangs a painted backdrop of deities in an arch. In the foreground, two dancers in embroidered blue and green costumes with headpieces and tall decorated pink and multicoloured ornaments hold their hands together in a greeting gesture. A low wooden table with a flower vase stands on a patterned carpet. Audience members in white and yellow sit on the floor on the right.

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