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A performer on tall blue stilts wears an elaborate gold and yellow embroidered costume with an orange skirt, a colourful plumed headdress and a white horse-head mask with pink tassels, dancing centre-stage on green matting. Behind him under a pink and gold draped tent, several saffron-robed sadhus sit on a raised platform with a red-draped table, a white-clad attendant stands with hands joined, and a striped ceremonial umbrella and a staff are visible. Seated white-clad devotees line the right side of the tent. The scene is a cultural performance during the Brahmotsav festival.

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December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor festival under a white tent with a pink draped backdrop. In the foreground a performer in a green, blue and white striped skirt with a long braid and a colourful ornamented headdress dances with a painted horse-figure. Seated on a raised red-covered dais are people in orange robes, including a person in an orange turban and orange shawl. Behind them a seated audience of many children and adults sits on green mats, and a man in white holds a decorated ceremonial umbrella. A woman in white sits near the dais. Attendees in white and orange are visible.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor festival stage under a white canopy with a pink and gold patterned backdrop. On the left, a man in white stands beside a seated figure in saffron robes with a saffron head wrap and a rudraksha mala, sitting on a white-covered seat behind a red-draped table with offerings; ceremonial colourful umbrellas with tassels stand overhead. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes sit on a green mat. On the right, a performer in a green and red skirt with bells and a headdress dances on stilts beside a white horse-shaped prop, while a second stilt dancer in a striped skirt is visible behind. A photographer stands near the stage.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor festival stage under a pink and maroon striped tent with colourful umbrellas overhead. On the left, a man in a white kurta holds a long ceremonial staff, and a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a saffron turban sits on a white cushioned seat behind a red-draped low platform, flanked by other people in white and orange. Centre-right, a performer in a green and blue striped skirt and a red-and-gold bodice rides a white stilted horse puppet with rainbow mane, while another performer in yellow and green robes with a white turban rides a second horse puppet beside her. Sand ground, green floor mats, and seated audience members in white and orange in the background.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor tented event with a pink and gold draped backdrop and colourful striped parasols. Two stilt-walking performers in traditional costume dance on sand: the left one wears a green skirt with blue and yellow stripes and a plaited braid, the right one wears an orange and teal costume with a large painted horse-like mask and feathered head piece. Behind them, seated on a green mat before a red-draped table, a group of people in white clothes sits, with several saffron-robed monks standing or seated among them. Several onlookers in white and orange are visible under the tent. a person candidate not clearly identifiable from appearance.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30