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Outdoor scene on a dusty ground where young men in white dhotis and bare chests play tall barrel drums, several seated on a striped cloth beside a large black stone Nandi bull statue. Drummers wear blue waist cloths and white dhotis. In the foreground, women in pink headscarves and blue-and-red costumes with gold trim sit watching. A white-clad man with grey hair stands at left near the bull, and onlookers and tents with a green barrier fill the background under hazy sky.

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December 16 20172017-12-16December 16 20172017-12-16Outdoors on bare sandy ground, several drummers perform. Shirtless young men in white dhotis with blue shoulder cloths play barrel drums, some kneeling on a striped cloth beside a large black stone Nandi bull statue. Behind them, women in pink headwraps and blue-and-red garments sit on the ground, and a white-clad man with a camera stands near the Nandi. Onlookers stand in the background, with a green screen fence, tents and a white van beyond.2017-12-16Outdoor cultural performance on a dusty ground beside a grey stone statue of a seated deity with long hair, next to a green mesh screen. Two performers in elaborate orange and gold costumes with large white fringed headdresses, pendant necklaces, rudraksha-style beads and ankle bells stand on a striped cloth mat, one holding a small drum. Behind them, drummers in orange, yellow and magenta kurtas and dhotis play frame drums while a man in a magenta shirt holds aloft a decorated palanquin or ratha covered in marigold garlands. A red carpet lies at the left edge. Sunlit trees and a lamp post frame the scene.2017-12-16December 03 20162016-12-03December 16 20172017-12-16December 16 20172017-12-16December 16 20172017-12-16July 28 20082008-07-28October 16 20162016-10-16A group of drummers sits on red sandstone ghat steps in front of a chain-link fence and green trees. Several bare-chested young men wear orange dhoti cloths, rudraksha malas and white tilak markings. Two play large metal-rimmed drums with pink sticks, one plays a small hand drum, and another plays a flat cymbal-like instrument. A boy in the foreground strikes a large drum with a stick, and another seated figure at right holds a drum. A red flag flies at upper right.2016-10-16December 24 20092009-12-24