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A cultural performance in an indoor hall with white ceiling canopy, tall columns wrapped in colourful patterned fabric, and white lattice windows. On the left, a performer in a large dark green and black costume with a tall feathered headdress stands near a standing figure in a yellow and black costume with a red and white plumed headdress. A central dancer in a green costume with a large dark feathered headpiece moves forward. Musicians in white dhotis and shirts play drums and wind instruments on the right, and a woman in a bright yellow and green outfit performs beside them. Rows of seated audience members in white clothing, many wearing white and orange garlands, sit on the floor and in chairs facing the stage area.

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