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Outdoor photograph of a drummer playing a large brass-rimmed drum with a white drumhead, held with a wooden mallet at its left. The drummer wears a white shirt, white trousers, glasses and a blue shoulder strap, with a gold bracelet on his wrist. Behind him a younger boy in a white shirt with a forehead mark watches. On the right, a person with their back to the camera wears white clothing and an orange-saffron shawl draped over the shoulder. The background is a white wall with red and white painted bands, a small plant in red soil, and a paved edge.

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Outdoor scene on a sandy ground beneath palm and leafy trees at an ashram. A group of boys and young men in white kurta-style clothing play percussion and wind instruments: a young man in front holds a large brass-rimmed drum, a boy in the centre holds a small brass drum, and others play a flute and small cymbals. A young man wears an orange shawl over his white clothes, and a boy has a red mark on his forehead. Small white ashram buildings and a purple banner are visible in the background.2007-10-12October 12 20072007-10-12A group of young male devotees in white ritual clothing play drums and wind instruments on a sandy open ground beside small ashram buildings and palm trees. A large bass drum with a white head sits in the foreground, struck by a boy in white kurta and dhoti; another boy beats a smaller hand drum and a taller youth in a white kurta with a saffron-orange shawl stands at centre. A boy at left blows a long brass horn, and a youth at right holds cymbals. Several youths wear white shirts with small portrait badges on their pockets. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2007-10-12October 12 20072007-10-12Close photograph of a drummer's hands playing a large frame drum with a light wooden stick, the drum's hide face and rope-laced rim visible, and a brown fur or leopard-print covering on its body. The drummer wears orange cloth wrapped at the waist with a gold-coloured border and a gold bangle. Beside and behind him, other musicians in orange dhotis with maroon borders stand in a procession-like line, and white-clad figures appear at the right edge. The setting looks like an outdoor street or ground.2016-09-15 +1 copiesOctober 12 20072007-10-12October 12 20072007-10-12A dirt path beside a white building with a dark green hedge behind it shows four people playing traditional instruments. On the left, a young boy in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a red cloth over his shoulder, plays a red-and-gold drum held against his hip. In the centre, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a gold-bracelet wrist plays a long wooden pipe (nadaswaram-style). On the right, a man in white shirt and dhoti holds a drum with a red shoulder cloth, and a woman in a purple sari with gold border stands behind him.2011-10-02A street procession with drummers in the foreground. Two men carry large barrel drums slung over their shoulders, one in a brown shirt and white dhoti, the other in a light blue shirt and cream dhoti; the drums have floral patterned covers with orange and red cloth. Behind them, a figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair walks barefoot, while men in white kurtas and black shirts follow. Trees, a metal railing and a silver ornamental finial appear in the background.2006-12-24October 12 20072007-10-12Outdoor photo of a ritual drumming group seated on red-and-grey stone steps beside a row of black stone shivalingams and a metal railing. Several young boys and girls play large white drums and snare drums with sticks; one girl wears an orange skirt and gold-trimmed blouse, a boy wears white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and a child in orange sits at the left edge. Behind them, adults in white dhotis and white shawls play long brass horns and cymbals, with white and orange-clad devotees further back. Several figures have white sandalwood or ash markings on their skin.2016-12-09 +1 copiesOctober 11 20162016-10-11