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Outdoor procession with a group of drummers playing white-faced frame drums with sticks on sandy ground. Men wear bright magenta and yellow tunics with gold trim, a saffron-orange kurta and green dhoti, and a magenta shirt with blue pants and a red waist sash. Behind them an orange and white flower garland hangs from a decorated structure. Hazy hills and trees lie beyond.

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December 16 20172017-12-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a street procession with several drummers in the foreground. The lead drummer wears a mustard-yellow head cloth, a yellow-orange patterned sleeveless top with dark crossed straps, and white markings on his face and arms; he plays a large drum slung at his waist. Beside him, drummers wear yellow and pink head cloths, orange-and-gold patterned tops and orange tassels on their arms, and play drums with sticks. Behind them, participants in pink and green turbans and white and teal garments walk through an outdoor setting of trees, with a figure in a decorated palanquin or ratha visible in the background.2017-12-16A street procession in a small Karnataka town, with a group of drummers in orange turbans and yellow and pink or red costumes playing large drums. The drums have white heads with green and gold decoration and ornate red and gold drum bodies with tassels. Several drummers wear garlands and red sashes. Behind them, onlookers stand along a dirt road in front of thatched huts and shops, with yellow and green festoon bunting strung overhead and a white signboard with text on the right.2007-02-02A photograph of a procession with drummers in red shirts playing large white-faced drums with thin wooden sticks. In the foreground a young man in a pink-red shirt with a shoulder strap and a wider man in a blue-and-white checked lungi play the drums on a dirt road. Behind them, more drummers in red shirts and a crowd move through the street, with orange and red flags and an ornate decorated umbrella in the upper right. A hillside with a small building is visible in the background. a person is not visibly present in the frame.2006-09-24Outdoor procession on a dusty ground with a palanquin-style carrying frame draped in orange, white and yellow marigold garlands and a red canopy with gold trim, lifted on poles by men. In front, drummers in magenta and yellow tunics and dhotis play round drums with sticks. A man in an orange headcloth and magenta shirt with blue-striped trousers walks ahead of the carrier, raising one hand. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers in white kurtas, saris and casual clothes walks on open ground with trees and low hills in the distance.2017-12-16December 31 20092009-12-31December 16 20172017-12-16Outdoor procession on a dusty dirt road with several drummers in front. Foreground drummers wear yellow turbans, leopard-print sleeveless tunics, orange and red cloth wraps, and green fringed tassels, playing large hand drums with sticks. Behind them, people in white and yellow clothing walk along, and saffron and orange flags fly on poles. Banana plants and a row of orange and yellow pennant strings decorate the route beside an earthen embankment under a bright sky.2008-12-30December 29 20082008-12-29A street procession of drummers in saffron and white ceremonial dress. In the centre, a bare-chested drummer wears a gold-and-bead necklace over an orange dhoti and a red-and-gold shawl, striking a large polished silver drum with pink sticks. Beside him, another bare-chested drummer with white sacred markings on his arms and a dark rudraksha mala plays a second drum. Behind them, men in white dhotis with gold borders and other drummers in orange walk along a stone-paved path. a person is not identifiable from appearance in this image, so no candidate is named.2016-12-23December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor procession on a dirt road under an overcast sky. In the foreground a man in orange shirt and green trousers with a pink cloth at his waist walks at left. Behind him, men in orange kurtas and green-striped trousers with white turbans carry a tall palanquin decorated with marigold garlands in orange, yellow and red, and a green pennant. Drummers in yellow shirts play large round drums. Many people in white kurtas and orange flags follow in the background, and a framed portrait is carried among them. Trees and a fence line the road.2010-07-24