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Photograph of a stage performance at night. A figure with long dark hair falling to the back, wearing a reddish-orange dhoti-style garment and a bare upper body with gold ornaments, stands barefoot with back to the camera in front of a large dark central panel flanked by two tall red-and-white illuminated LED screens with a grid pattern. Rows of polished brass oil lamps stand on the stage floor at the lower left and right. A partially visible person in dark clothing sits or stands in the lower foreground. Spotlight beams fall from the rig above. The figure's frontal appearance is not visible, so no identity cue is confirmed.

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