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A festive photograph inside a decorated tent with a red carpet and hanging colourful tassel garlands. In the foreground, several drummers and musicians wearing orange and saffron dhoti-style cloths, bare-chested with beaded necklaces, play large drums and move in a procession. Behind them a figure in white ritual dress stands on a raised platform beside a white-covered chair and an ornate white umbrella. Seated and standing devotees in white and colourful saris fill the chairs at the sides, and a large screen and a golden deity murti are visible at the back.

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December 02 20162016-12-02January 05 20182018-01-05May 01 20162016-05-01April 24 20162016-04-24May 01 20162016-05-01A photograph inside a large white tent with a red carpet, where several young men in orange dhoti-style garments with gold borders stand in a row with their backs partly toward the camera, arms raised holding ornate brass lamps and lit oil lamp stands. Their foreheads and arms are marked with white ash lines. Behind them, a seated audience in colourful saris and white clothes watches, with lit tiered lamp stands and hanging lanterns above. The scene resembles a ritual lamp offering or aarti.2016-05-03A cultural dance performance inside a large tent decorated with hanging colourful tassel ornaments and lamps. A central performer with long dark hair, a red flower garland and a striped tiger-print skirt holds a tall yellow staff with a decorative top, appearing to act out a Shiva-like character. Around him, several dancers in bright orange tunics, yellow dhotis, white trim and golden crowns move in a line on a red carpet. Seated spectators in the background watch, and a red umbrella and red flags stand nearby.2016-05-01May 11 20162016-05-11May 21 20182018-05-21A crowded hall with red carpet and white ceiling lights, where devotees in white dhotis and red-gold sashes play handheld drums and move in a rhythmic procession. Several men in white attire hold drum-shaped instruments and wooden sticks, while others around them clap or walk. Tall decorative poles with colourful woven patterns and yellow tassels hang from the ceiling, and a camera operator on a tripod films at left. The scene suggests a devotional drumming and dance gathering.2015-10-17A festive cultural performance on a red carpet inside a decorated tent with hanging paper streamers and lanterns. Drummers in red shirts with yellow trim and teal trousers, and a drummer in an orange shirt, play large drums with sticks while onlookers in saris and white dhotis watch and clap. Two decorated floral-topped structures and an ornate orange canopy are visible above the crowd. A few performers in white and orange garments stand among the spectators. The scene includes a sizeable crowd of roughly twenty to thirty people.2016-05-01October 16 20152015-10-16