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Outdoor festival performance on a green mat and dirt ground in front of a large seated crowd. A young boy in a white shirt and yellow-and-purple costume lies back on a purple cloth, balancing an ornate pink and green decorated kalasha-like headpiece on his head while a man in a white shirt supports him from behind. Behind them, many people in white dhotis and saris, some with orange and white garments, sit with hands folded in devotion, and a truck and red-and-white canopy stand at the back. The scene looks like a cultural performance at a religious gathering.

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Outdoor cultural performance on a dirt ground with green mats along the edge and a crowd seated behind. Several performers in white shirts and dhotis with orange and green sashes walk on tall blue stilts. A boy in a white shirt and yellow dhoti with a purple sash kneels on a purple cloth runner, holding a pink and yellow cloth, while a seated man in white watches him. The boy balances a decorated painted mask-like figure with a colourful crown-shaped headpiece on his head. Two women on stilts in green and orange saris stand at the right.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A photo of an outdoor festival tent with a pink and striped backdrop and multicoloured umbrellas. On a red-covered dais, a person in orange robes and an orange turban sits cross-legged, with a trident-shaped staff beside them and a bowl of pink flowers nearby. Two standing attendants in white hold the umbrellas, and a man in white sits to the right. A young man in white dhoti and a purple cloth lies prone on a purple mat with a decorated pot balanced on his head, while another man in white runs past. Seated women in orange saris and orange-clad attendants watch from the green matting on the left.2007-12-30A cultural performance on stilts under a red and white striped canopy at an outdoor festival ground. Performers in white kurtas with blue headbands, green and yellow waist cloths, and pink and yellow scarves walk on tall blue stilts, while two women in orange and maroon saris with flower garlands and a woman in a green sari stand on blue stilts, holding sticks. A large seated crowd in white clothing fills the green mats and surrounds the stage area, with tents and trees behind them.2007-12-30Outdoor cultural performance under a red and white striped canopy at a festival ground. Performers on tall blue stilts dance in colourful saris and white costumes; women in orange and maroon saris with gold borders and long braids hold pink and yellow streamers, while men in white kurtas and blue-and-red headwear raise their arms above. Seated and standing spectators fill the background on green mats. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2007-12-30A woman in a lime-green silk saree with a maroon blouse and gold-patterned borders stands barefoot on a narrow wooden plank balanced on a rolling log, carrying a decorated brass kalasha pot topped with colourful flowers and pink tassels on her head. Two men kneel and steady the plank beside her, and two female dancers in orange and blue sarees with pot headdresses perform at the left. A large seated crowd of men and women, many in white clothes, watches under a white tent with red and cream draped valances. This appears to be a cultural performance with balancing and pot-carrying at a festival gathering.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor cultural performance on a sandy ground under a red and white canopy. Performers on tall blue stilts, mostly women in colourful saris in green, maroon, orange and yellow, and men in white dhotis with blue headbands and pink sashes, wave pink and yellow cloths while balancing. Seated spectators in white crowd the sides on a green mat, and a row of chairs and a PA speaker stand at right.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor event at an ashram-style courtyard on a sandy ground with green mats at the edge. In the foreground a young boy in a white shirt and purple sari-style cloth kneels with his legs wrapped in orange-striped cloth and blue-tipped wooden stilts or rods, balancing a decorated pink and green cloth-and-tinsel pot on his head. Behind him a large crowd of devotees sits and stands, many in white kurtas and white clothes, some in orange, watching closely. A red and cream draped canopy and tall black speakers are at the top left, with banana plants behind. A man in a plaid shirt kneels nearby.2007-12-30Outdoor stage event under a white tent with pink and gold patterned drapes and two colourful parasols. On a raised platform draped in red cloth, a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a saffron head wrap sits at the centre, flanked by others in white and orange clothing. Several seated people in white ritual dress sit on the green mat below, and a standing attendant in white with an orange shawl stands at left holding a parasol. On the right, a young male dancer in a white shirt, yellow and purple dhoti-style cloth and ankle bells performs in front of a female dancer in a maroon sari. A large loudspeaker stack and a sign reading Velmurugan are visible at right. Crowd members sit on the ground behind.2007-12-30