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Night procession scene outdoors on a paved ground. In the foreground, several performers with bright yellow-green body paint and leafy patterns, wearing orange and black loincloths and white head cloths, dance energetically in a circle. A drummer in white clothes plays a drum at centre. Behind them, a decorated palanquin or ratha with colourful patterned canopies and a red-and-white striped bell-shaped top stands under tents. Spectators in white shirts, dhotis and casual clothes watch, and at right two figures in ornate costume with gold crowns, peacock-style headdresses and a long staff stand beside a woman in a green sari with a purple border. Strings of lights hang on a tree at upper right.

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December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night street performance in front of a crowd: four performers with yellow and green body paint and patterned tribal-style headdresses dance energetically. A drummer in white dhoti and shirt beats a large drum at left, and a second musician with a drum stands behind. Spectators in white, checked and striped shirts watch, and a decorated golden canopy with red, yellow and white textile hangings stands in the background. A man at left wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace over white clothes. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible.2016-12-23Night procession with performers in bright yellow-green body paint and white headwraps dancing on a paved courtyard. Ornate multicoloured decorated palanquins with fringed canopies stand behind them, one with red and yellow panels. Drummers in white dhotis and orange-bordered cloths play drums, and crowd members in white shirts and dhotis watch. Some performers wear fierce painted faces and feathered headdresses, and a woman in green and gold sari stands at right. Fairy lights and tents frame the scene.2016-12-23Night procession scene of performers with bodies and faces painted in green, yellow and orange stripes, some wearing white and yellow headcloths, dancing before a crowd of onlookers. A drummer with a drum is visible at left and a decorated structure with colourful hanging tassels is at top. Performers wear orange shorts and white waist cloths. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this image.2016-12-23Night procession with a crowd of onlookers in an outdoor street setting. In the foreground, several performers with bodies painted yellow-green and orange, wearing white head cloths and dark shorts, dance with yellow sticks while a drummer beats a drum. Behind them, a woman in a green sari with gold jewellery and a peacock-style headdress stands among costumed figures. On the left, a decorated colourful palanquin or ratha canopy is visible. Spectators in shirts and dhotis watch, and string lights glow in the trees.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23