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Outdoor photograph of a crowd of men, boys and a girl in white and light blue clothes cheering and raising arms beside a sandy, puddled ground. In the centre, a barefoot man in a white half-sleeved shirt and white dhoti is mid-leap, holding a clay pot against his side and a wooden stick in one hand, water splashing around him. Behind him, a man in a white shirt wears a gold necklace and a red bindi. A red metal pole stands in the foreground, and scaffolding and a pale building with orange-and-green bunting are visible behind. Light blue and white tees show a dove-like logo.

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December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25A barefoot man in a soaked white shirt and white trousers dances on wet sandy ground, holding a clay pot of red-brown offerings against his side while water spills around him. He wears a dark beaded mala with a pendant and a gold necklace, and a gold bangle on one wrist, with hair wet and tousled. Behind him a crowd of about 20 people, many in light-blue and white t-shirts and white dhotis, raise their arms and clap in celebration, some children reaching toward him. Appearance-based label: no robust a person cues beyond a mala and gold chain, so identity is unclear.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor photo of a lively festive activity on a dirt ground. At center, a man in a figure in orange robes stands among people in white kurtas and white dhotis, several with yellow sashes, some running or dancing with arms raised. A man in the right foreground wears a white kurta and white trousers, arms raised high and smiling, holding a flag-like cloth. Behind them, a tug-of-war style rope stretches across the ground with people gripping it, and blue plastic drums sit on the left. Seated volunteers in blue and white shirts with lanyards watch along the left edge, and a crowd stands in the background before an unfinished concrete building and trees under a hazy sky. Orange flags are visible on poles at right.2009-12-25A photograph of a fire-walking ritual outdoors. A man in white kurta and white dhoti, with a rudraksha mala and a small pendant, walks barefoot across a bed of glowing embers in a stone-lined pit, arms outstretched. Around him, a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, some with rudraksha malas, watches and claps; a man in a light blue shirt and white dhoti stands beside the pit, and a trumpeter in white is visible at right. A green-roofed orange building and palm trees stand in the background. The pit is lined with white dotted markings along its edge.2005-12-31Outdoor photo of a muddy open ground at an ashram-style event. Several men in white kurtas and white dhotis with yellow waist sashes stand or bend near a tall metal pole, some with hands on hips, while a crowd of onlookers in white and colourful clothes watches behind a fence. A man in a white shirt stands in the left foreground, back to the camera. Orange and pink saris and a few children are visible among the spectators, with temporary tent structures in the background. The ground is wet and reddish-brown.2009-12-25Outdoor photo of a Janmashtami dahi handi-style celebration on a muddy, wet ground under an overcast sky. A man in white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow waist cord leaps high in the air, arm raised toward a clay pot hung on a rope between two tall red-brown poles. Around him, devotees in white and yellow-sashed white clothes stand and gesture, some holding green and pink colored powder or water. A bald man in white stands nearby, and a child in grey is at right. Spectators in the background include a woman in a teal headscarf and people in casual clothes. Blue plastic drums and small containers sit at right, and metal poles and a tree appear in the distance.2010-09-02Outdoors on a muddy, puddled ground, a smiling young man in a white t-shirt and white dhoti, wearing a beaded necklace, lifts a terracotta pot with a white three-stripe mark while a woman in a dark top reaches to receive it over a large blue plastic drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers in white and blue stands, and a woman in a yellow sari holds a long wooden pole at right. Corrugated sheds and a tall pole appear in the background.2009-12-25December 22 20102010-12-22A photograph of an outdoor fire-walk ritual on reddish earth beneath palm trees, with a white tent behind. A man in white kurta and white dhoti with a dark rudraksha-style mala walks barefoot across a shallow pit filled with glowing embers, while a young man in white on the left pours liquid from a red bucket and another attendant in white stands at the right edge. Behind a rope barrier, a crowd of devotees in white and colourful saris and a few in orange shawls watches; a woman in green and another in orange hold torches or staves. The man walking is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone, so the a person field is unsure.2008-12-31An outdoor photo of a Janmashtami-style pot-breaking game on wet ground. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti leaps high in the air, reaching toward a clay pot hanging from a rope between two tall poles. Around him, many people in white clothes and some in saffron-orange stand and watch, with a small boy in a purple shirt and dark trousers at left holding a green cup. A woman at right wears a yellow and red sari and sits beside blue water drums. A bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a beaded necklace stands near the center. Tents, a white van and a corrugated shed are behind them under a cloudy sky.2010-09-02