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Photograph of a musical performance on a stage draped with turquoise cloth and a green painted backdrop with figure motifs. A man in a white kurta with a small red tilak on his forehead plays a long dark wooden flute held horizontally to his lips. A second man in white stands behind him, head bowed toward the instrument. A boy in a pale yellow shirt stands at left, and another man in a white shirt with a saffron-and-red shoulder cloth stands at right, facing the performers. Hanging orange-and-yellow tassels decorate the flute area.

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