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A woman in a black athletic outfit is suspended mid-air, her body arched with one leg raised, supported by a rope held by several men and women standing on the floor. Two long wooden poles with rope rigging rise from the sides. Behind them, a large hall is decorated with colourful hanging tassel-and-lantern ornaments in red, yellow and green. A man in a white dhoti and shawl holds a microphone at centre, while a young woman in a navy jacket stands with palms pressed together. A shirtless young man in a navy tracksuit stands at right gripping a pole. The audience sits on the floor along the bottom edge.

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December 21 20162016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A photograph inside a large decorated hall with a white tent ceiling hung with colourful tasseled pennants and paper lanterns. In the centre a performer hangs upside down from a rope, dressed in black, held by a rope-and-pole arrangement. Several men in dark and orange tracksuits and casual clothes stand around holding long wooden poles and ropes, a shirtless young man on the right, and a seated audience in white, orange and maroon clothes watches on a red floor mat. The scene resembles a rope-and-pole gymnastics or stunt performance at an event.2016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A photograph of a young woman performing an upside-down rope or pole gymnastics routine under a tented pavilion decorated with hanging colourful cylindrical streamers and paper lanterns in red, yellow, blue and green. She wears a black top and dark leggings and hangs head-down with arms extended, gripping a rope. Spectators stand around the sides, including a woman in a navy jacket with white trim and a shirtless young man in the foreground. Two wooden poles frame the scene. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable from appearance.2016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A photograph inside a large tent hung with many colourful paper lanterns and tassel decorations under a white ceiling. In the centre a performer in black clothes hangs upside down from a rope, held by a second rope and bamboo poles. Several young men in casual clothes stand around the poles to steady the rope, and a woman in a white shirt and lanyard stands watching. Seated crowds in saffron and white clothes fill the foreground and background.2016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A female performer in black fitted clothing is suspended upside down on a rope, performing an aerial pole acrobatic act inside a large hall. Two vertical poles frame her, and several people in the foreground hold and steady the poles and rope; a man in the lower left has a mic-like object. Hanging decorative lanterns in orange, pink and blue fill the ceiling, and white stage lights line the top edges. Background spectators watch intently, a young man in the right foreground wears a white shirt with a light-coloured cloth.2016-12-21