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A cultural performance in a tented hall with a cream floor and striped ceiling drapery. A dancer in an ornate black and gold costume with a tall red and green headdress stands centre stage, arms outstretched, surrounded by scattered green petals. Drummers in white dhotis and shirts play drums on the left and right, and a musician in white plays a long wind instrument (nagaswaram-style) in front of a teal backdrop bearing a green map-shaped design. Seated audience members in white and red sit on the floor at the left, and pillars wrapped in woven cloth with elephant motifs frame the stage.

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A folk performance on a cream-coloured floor inside a white tented pavilion with yellow and multicoloured painted pillars and ceiling fans. Several performers in colourful costumes with feathered headdresses and ornate dress dance in the centre, one carrying a small figure aloft. Drummers in white dhotis and shirts play hand drums, and a musician plays a long wind instrument. Seated audience members in white sit along the left and back walls, and a teal backdrop with a painted map-like panel stands at the right. Spectators in the foreground watch from the lower right.2009-06-22A folk dance performance on a hall floor with a pale wooden surface. A dancer in a colourful patterned costume with a pink headpiece balanced on her head performs centre stage, while two drummers in white dhoti and shirt beat drums beside her. On the right, two men in white dhoti and shirt play long wind instruments, one a horn-like nadaswaram-style pipe. A teal backdrop shows a green map of southern India. Seated women in white and red saris watch and clap on the left, and scattered flower petals and a coconut lie on the floor.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22Photograph of a folk performance in a large white-tented hall with a polished wooden floor. Two performers in elaborate costumes with yellow, gold and black patterned garments, feathered headdresses and red and green plumes dance centre stage, one holding a stick. A drummer in white on the left plays a drum, while a seated audience of white-clad devotees, many in white, watches on the left. On the right, men in white dhotis and shirts stand near a teal backdrop bearing a green map of South India. Yellow and blue elephant-patterned banners hang from the ceiling beside ceiling fans.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A cultural performance in a tented hall with white walls and yellow-blue painted pillars. A woman in a pink headpiece balanced on her head and a sequined, multicoloured skirt dances on a bare floor, while a dancer in a green and red outfit moves nearby. A man in white dhoti and shirt plays a long wind instrument at the right, and another man in white beats a drum at the centre. Seated audience members in white and red sit along the left wall, and a Tamil Nadu map backdrop in green hangs on the right.2009-06-22Indoor cultural performance in a hall with white ceiling fans, yellow and blue painted pillars, and a teal backdrop bearing a painted map-like silhouette. Two dancers stand centre floor: one in a green and pink striped skirt with a tall decorated headdress and bells at her ankles, the other in a patterned skirt with a pink-tasselled headpiece. Musicians in white dhotis and white shirts play drums and a flute-like wind instrument at the right, and a drummer in an orange-red shawl plays at left. Rows of seated audience members, many in white outfits, watch from the floor, with a woman in red seated among them. Two spectators in the foreground at lower right face the stage. Visible people total about twenty-five.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A folk performance on a bare-floored hall stage with a turquoise backdrop and painted decorative pillars topped with fans overhead. Two dancers in green costumes with tall dark plumed headdresses and sequined green skirts perform in the centre, while a third performer in green-and-pink striped trousers and bare torso dances at right. Seated audience members in white clothes sit along the left edge, and drummers in white dhotis and orange shawls play hand drums at the right and left sides of the stage.2009-06-22A cultural performance in a white-canopied hall with yellow and multicolored decorated pillars. Two dancers in colorful costumes, one in green and red striped trousers and the other in blue and gold sequined trousers, wear tall headdresses with pink, green and white plumes and pompoms. They perform folk dance with raised arms while seated musicians play drums and a man in white dhoti and shirt plays a wind instrument on the right. Behind them stands a green map-shaped backdrop. Seated audience members in white clothes watch, and a child in orange sits at the back.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a cultural performance in a white-walled hall with a white draped ceiling and yellow and blue patterned banners on the pillars. Two female dancers in the centre wear feathered headpieces and colourful costumes, one in gold and black, the other in green and red, and play hand drums. Seated devotees in white clothing with garlands fill the floor in front and at left. A man in an orange top and white dhoti stands at left holding a drum, and a man in white at right holds a microphone. Lattice windows and a teal curtain frame the room.2009-06-22