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A group of women dance in a bright hall with a tiled ceiling and pink-tinted lights, holding painted sticks raised in their hands in a garba-style circle. Most wear white or cream saris and bordered skirts with gold and red trim; one woman in the centre wears a grey patterned sari with a red border, and a woman on the right wears a green sari. Some wear bangles and necklaces. Red and maroon drapes hang at the back. A small logo appears in the upper left corner. Navaratri dance celebration.

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A photograph of a large hall with a polished tiled floor where women and men in white and colourful traditional clothes perform a stick dance with brightly striped dandiya sticks raised overhead. In the foreground a smiling woman in a white and gold sari with a pink-and-gold dupatta lifts her sticks, beside a woman in a grey and black striped sari and a woman in a green sari with a white-and-red patterned skirt. Several participants wear white kurtas with red-and-gold sashes. Ceiling lights and red drapes frame the room. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the dancers.2016-10-03A photograph of a group dance in a bright hall with white tiled ceiling and fluorescent lights. Women in white and cream saris, one in a pink and gold bordered sari, and men in white kurta-style clothes with red sashes, hold colourful sticks raised in crossed arms and dance in a circle. Smiling faces and bare feet on a polished marble floor. In the background, figures in orange and red garments and a deity murti are visible near a shrine area.2016-10-03A group of women and girls dance in a hall during a Navaratri celebration, raising thin decorated sticks overhead with both arms. Most wear saris or long skirts in orange, red, teal and white, with gold borders. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with gold trim and another in a cream sari with a magenta-and-gold shawl lift their sticks. Behind them, rows of dancers in orange, maroon and green stand on a glossy tiled floor under ceiling lights, with a framed picture on the back wall and maroon curtains at the left edge.2016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03A photograph of a large group of women dancing in an ashram hall with pale pink walls and framed artwork. Most wear white kurtas and white dresses with red or orange shawls tied at the waist, and many carry short colored sticks in both hands. In the centre a smiling woman in a green sari with a red and multicolour embroidered skirt and a gold blouse holds a stick, and a woman with long blonde curls in white clothes stands nearby. Behind them a few women in saffron tones and an ornate golden frame are visible, with a stone floor beneath.2016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03Women in white and cream saris and white kurta-style outfits dance in an indoor hall during a Navaratri-style garba celebration, each holding a colourful striped stick raised overhead. A woman in the centre wears a white sari with gold border and a lanyard, smiling and lifting her stick. At right a woman with long dark hair wears white with a rust-orange shawl and green bangles. Behind them a large gold-framed throne with red cushioning and gold arch stands against a white wall. Other participants in orange, pink and white saris move around the room.2016-10-03A large group of women dances in a long, wide marble-floored hall during a Navaratri celebration. Many dancers hold up colourful striped dandiya sticks in both hands, some raised overhead, in lines moving through the room. The women wear saris and salwar kameez in orange, red, teal, green, purple and cream, with gold jewellery, bangles and beaded necklaces. Behind them, ornate golden decorations and bright hanging ornaments fill the background.2016-10-03A group of young women in orange and saffron saris and white and gold traditional dress perform a stick dance in an indoor hall with white tiled floors and ceiling lights. Several dancers raise thin decorated sticks in blue, green, pink and yellow overhead, and some wear red and orange bangles and garlands. Framed photo collages hang on the wall behind them, with red curtains and a religious image visible at the left edge. The dancers are mid-movement, with flowing skirts and braided hair.2016-10-03Photo of a group of women and girls in colourful silk saris dancing in a hall with tiled floor and ceiling lights, raising long coloured sticks overhead in a dandiya-style stick dance. Saris are green, orange, red, pink and purple, with gold jewellery, bangles and a large pendant on one dancer in an orange sari. Behind them stand white-clad participants, and framed decorative panels and pillars line the walls. a person is not clearly visible in the image.2016-10-03