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A large hall with a white ceiling and hanging multicoloured fabric banners full of people. In the centre, several shirtless young men in white dhotis perform drumming, playing long barrel drums and dhol-style drums on a striped rug. Some wear blue or pink cloth over their shoulders; one drummer wears a gold chain. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white clothes watch the performance. A framed painting hangs on the back wall.

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July 17 20082008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17Photograph inside a large tent-like hall during a festive gathering. In the foreground, a group of drummers in traditional white dhotis, some bare-chested with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, play large barrel drums and hold drumsticks, arranged in a close circle over a striped mat. Behind them, a dense crowd of mostly men in white clothing sits and stands along rows of white chairs. Hanging yellow and orange decorative banners with geometric patterns line the ceiling, and a screen is mounted on the back wall. No figure in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no a person candidate is recorded.2008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesBare-chested drummers in white dhotis with blue and purple sashes play large barrel drums with sticks under a thatched pavilion with a red earth floor. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white and orange stands near a banner printed with a smiling portrait of a man with long hair. Colourful tinsel and paper streamers hang from the roof. A figure in orange robes and an orange head wrap stands among the crowd, and a cameraperson in orange films the scene at right. Many people are visible, fewer than the page's gathering implies, but well above twenty.2008-07-28July 17 20082008-07-17A crowded indoor hall during a festival, with many men in white dhotis and shirts standing close together. In the centre, several bare-chested drummers and musicians wear white dhotis, rudraksha-style necklaces and brown or blue cloth sashes, some holding drums and wind instruments. Behind them, a television screen is mounted on the wall above colourful striped banners hanging from the ceiling. Spectators in light shirts watch from the sides and a row of devotees sits on the floor at the right edge.2008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17A row of young male drummers in white dhotis and brown shoulder cloths performs at a festival tent, playing wooden-stick drums with rope-tensioned heads. Several wear rudraksha-style bead necklaces and some are bare-chested. Behind them stand additional men in white, and a seated man in white with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala appears at the lower right. Tent poles with hanging decorative bands and a colourful striped mat are visible.2008-07-17