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Night procession with performers in bright yellow-green body paint and white headwraps dancing on a paved courtyard. Ornate multicoloured decorated palanquins with fringed canopies stand behind them, one with red and yellow panels. Drummers in white dhotis and orange-bordered cloths play drums, and crowd members in white shirts and dhotis watch. Some performers wear fierce painted faces and feathered headdresses, and a woman in green and gold sari stands at right. Fairy lights and tents frame the scene.

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December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession scene outdoors on a paved ground. In the foreground, several performers with bright yellow-green body paint and leafy patterns, wearing orange and black loincloths and white head cloths, dance energetically in a circle. A drummer in white clothes plays a drum at centre. Behind them, a decorated palanquin or ratha with colourful patterned canopies and a red-and-white striped bell-shaped top stands under tents. Spectators in white shirts, dhotis and casual clothes watch, and at right two figures in ornate costume with gold crowns, peacock-style headdresses and a long staff stand beside a woman in a green sari with a purple border. Strings of lights hang on a tree at upper right.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night street performance in front of a crowd: four performers with yellow and green body paint and patterned tribal-style headdresses dance energetically. A drummer in white dhoti and shirt beats a large drum at left, and a second musician with a drum stands behind. Spectators in white, checked and striped shirts watch, and a decorated golden canopy with red, yellow and white textile hangings stands in the background. A man at left wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace over white clothes. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible.2016-12-23Night procession with performers in bright yellow and green body paint, some wearing white head cloths and orange or blue waist cloths, dancing in a street-like open ground. Behind them, decorated colourful palanquins or ratha-style canopies with multicoloured fabric and gold tassels stand under a red tent and strings of lights. Onlookers in white shirts, dhotis and casual clothes watch and drummers play large drums. A woman in a green sari and a man in a white shirt and grey dhoti stand at right, with a costumed figure in headdress nearby. Trees and lit decorations frame the scene.2016-12-23Night procession scene of performers with bodies and faces painted in green, yellow and orange stripes, some wearing white and yellow headcloths, dancing before a crowd of onlookers. A drummer with a drum is visible at left and a decorated structure with colourful hanging tassels is at top. Performers wear orange shorts and white waist cloths. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this image.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23