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A performer stands on a green-draped stage mid-dance, bare-chested, with arms extended and one hand on the hip. He wears a yellow and green dhoti-style garment with a gold belt, layered beaded necklaces, a gold pendant, armlets and bangles, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him an audience of many seated people watches under a white canopy hung with colourful striped banners and orange tassels. Stage lights and ceiling fans are visible.

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A performer on a stage in a hall wears a bare-chested costume of yellow and green silk with a gold-embroidered belt and a long green-and-gold drape, plus layered beaded necklaces, bangles and armlets. Face is painted with dark eye makeup, red lipstick and a forehead mark. One hand is raised in a dance mudra while the other arm extends outward in a classical dance pose. Banners with colourful patterns hang in the background and a stage light glows at the right edge. A single person is visible, and no identity is asserted.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer in a dance or theatrical costume stands on a stage in a hall with pale walls and colourful vertical banners behind him. He is bare-chested with a gold-and-green sash and a yellow dhoti with gold trim at the waist. He wears layered beaded necklaces with a pendant, gold armlets, bangles, and a bindi on his forehead, with heavy eye makeup and red lips. One hand is raised near his chest and the other is gesturing outward. Hall lights are blurred in the background.2009-12-24A bare-chested male dancer performs on a green stage cloth, arms extended with hands in mudra-like gestures, facing right and looking upward. He wears a yellow and green silk dhoti with gold-bordered pleats, a gold waist belt, gold armlets and bangles, and a multi-strand beaded necklace with rudraksha-style beads. Ankle bells are visible at his feet. An audience sits blurred in the background, and a colourful banner hangs at the right. The scene reads as a classical dance performance.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer in theatrical dance costume stands alone on an indoor stage, bare-chested and mid-gesture, with both hands extended forward in an expressive mudra-like pose. He wears a green and gold silk dhoti or skirt, gold armlets and bangles, layered beaded necklaces in green and purple, and a red tilak on the forehead. His face has bold red and pink stage makeup and he is singing or speaking with an open mouth. The background is a blurred hall with a brown wall, hanging banners and a ceiling light.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer stands on a green stage bare-chested, wearing a yellow and green draped dhoti with a gold waist belt, layered beaded necklaces in green and pink, gold armlets and bangles, and a red bindi with dramatic eye makeup. He gestures with open hands while speaking, dressed in classical dance-drama costume. Behind him a seated audience of women fills the blurred hall, with decorative striped pillars at the edges.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer on a stage stands bare-chested in a theatrical costume with a green and gold border sash, a yellow dhoti, and an ornate gold waist belt. He wears layered beaded necklaces, armlets, and bangles, with a red mark on his forehead. Warm stage lighting glows behind him, and a blurred audience sits in the background. Hanging lanterns and a faint logo appear at the top of the frame.2009-12-24A performer stands barefoot on a green-draped stage in a hall, performing a dance with arms extended and hands in gestures. He wears a yellow dhoti with a green and gold border, a gold waist belt, ankle bells, gold armlets, and a multi-strand beaded necklace with a pendant, and has a tilak on his forehead and painted face. Behind him is a decorated pillar in colourful patterns, and a few seated spectators in red and white sarees and white dhotis watch from the right.2009-12-24