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Photograph of a cultural performance on an indoor stage in a hall with a black curtain backdrop. Several performers in green, red and yellow costumes play drums and dance, including a man in a light yellow shirt and red shorts performing in the centre. A large hanging decoration of orange and white marigold garlands hangs above the stage. Small deity murti and a lit oil lamp sit on a side platform. Two seated women in white saris with orange borders watch from the front foreground, and a projection screen stands at the right.

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June 15 20092009-06-15A stage performance in an indoor pavilion with a dark curtain backdrop. Several drummers in bright green tunics and maroon dhoti-style shorts play round drums, while a dancer in a yellow top and red cloth bound at the waist dances at the front with a decorated garland-hung structure overhead. A small deity murti with a garland sits on a white-draped platform on the left, beside a yellow and red map-shaped cutout. Seated women in white saris with orange borders watch from the lower right. A blue figure of a seated yogic figure with the 7 Chakras chart stands at the right edge, and tall decorated pillars hang from the tent ceiling.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A folk-style performance on a stage before a dark curtain. A dancer in the centre wears a yellow embroidered shirt, maroon-red dhoti-style trousers, a pink-and-white turban and ankle bells, arms outstretched mid-step. Behind him stand about eight performers in green, red and yellow costumes, some playing drums and cymbals, others in yellow turbans and patterned tunics. A large floral structure of orange and white marigold garlands, with a dark ornamental form at its centre, hangs above a red-and-orange backdrop with a deity murti on a raised platform. Garlands and a polished floor complete the scene.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A photograph of a stage performance in a tented hall with a black curtain backdrop and a gold-trimmed valance. Several performers in green kurta-style tops and maroon dhotis play large drums and cymbals while others in red shirts, a woman in a patterned orange and yellow blouse, and dancers in yellow and maroon costumes stand or move across a white floor with orange and yellow mats in front. A small deity murti sits on a raised platform at the back, and a tall hanging garland of orange and white flowers hangs at the right edge. A man in an orange-and-white shawl sits at the lower right, seen from behind. No one is confidently identifiable as a person in this frame.2009-06-15A stage performance at an indoor hall with a dark backdrop and a light grey floor. A large floral arch hung with orange and white marigold garlands and gold trim dominates the upper left. Five drummers in green and yellow costumes, with red and pink head wraps, play large drums, and a barefoot dancer in green robe and maroon trousers moves across the stage. A small figure in a red kurta stands at right. A deity murti with garlands sits on a white pedestal in the background beside a red and yellow painted backdrop.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15