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A photograph inside a hall with a corrugated metal roof and tube lights, showing a bamboo pole held upright by a man in an orange shirt and dark trousers. A young shirtless boy in dark shorts climbs the pole, one arm raised and feet pressed to the wood. Behind them, a seated audience of men in white kurta-style clothes and women in white and coloured saris and salwars sits on mats, with more children seated on striped mats at the front. Pale yellow drapes hang along the wall between painted decorative pillars. The scene suggests a physical stunt or training display watched by a crowd.