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A performer in a lime-green sleeveless top and red trousers with white stripes bends forward on a bare floor, head down, hands and feet on the ground while passing under a gold-and-blue arched wooden frame decorated with peacock feathers and ornamental fringe. Behind them a drummer beats a large drum, and seated audience members in white clothes and garlands watch from red mats beside a pale turquoise curtain.

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A performer in a bright green and red costume balances on his hands on a low wooden structure with yellow side panels, legs raised high, while spectators in white and red sit cross-legged on the floor watching. A drummer in a white dhoti and shawl plays a large drum behind him, and a white-clad man stands at the right edge beside an orange door. The room has a tiled floor, a lattice window, and small yellow flowers scattered on a woven mat.2009-06-22A photograph of a man performing a prostrating or yoga-like posture on the floor of an indoor hall. He is shirtless with a green cloth wrapped around his waist and red shorts, his forehead and face pressed toward an orange mat dusted with sand or powder. His hands rest on the floor on either side of him. Above him is a decorated arch with a yellow fringed canopy, blue cloth, a wooden pole, and peacock-feather adornments on upright poles, resembling a kavadi-style frame. Three yellow lemons or fruits sit on the mat. The floor is pale grey tile and the background shows a red bag and a white cloth.2009-06-22A performer in a bright green top and red-and-white striped shorts bends backward beneath a decorated wooden arch, mouth touching a yellow lemon placed on an orange-and-white checked cloth. The arch is trimmed with gold fringe, blue cloth and peacock-feather bundles in copper-coloured holders. A second lemon sits nearby on the cloth, and the floor is a pale tiled surface with a white-clad person partly visible at the left edge.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a performer in a bright lime-green sleeveless top and red-and-white striped track pants bending forward with his head lowered between his hands onto an orange cloth on a tiled floor, with three small yellow lemons placed before him. Above him is a blue and gold decorated arch with peacock-feather tassels hanging from its frame, and a wooden pole runs across it. A woman in red sits at the upper left edge of the frame. Ash-like markings are visible on his arms and gold necklace-like ornaments on his neck.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a performer doing a low floor act in an indoor hall. A man in a bright green sleeveless top and red shorts is bent forward at the waist with his hands on an orange mat, passing under a wooden bar mounted between two decorated frames with gold fringe and peacock feathers. Three yellow lemons lie on the mat and a dark bottle stands beside it. Behind him a seated woman in red and white clothing and a drummer with a drum are visible, and a man in white dhoti with gold border stands at the right edge. The floor is grey tile and the wall is white.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A performer in a bright green costume with an orange waist sash crawls on the floor beneath an ornate golden arched frame decorated with dark feathers and gold-colored embellishments. The frame stands on a pale tiled floor, and white-clothed people with orange-bordered dhotis stand at the edges of the image. The setting appears to be an indoor hall during a cultural performance.2009-06-22A photograph of a performer in a green top and red trousers with white side stripes prostrating face-down on a floor covered by a brown mat. Beside the performer stands an ornate golden throne-like seat with black feather-like plumes and a gold-trimmed backrest, with a small yellow fruit lying on the mat. Ankle bells are visible on the performer's feet. Behind, a person in white dhoti with gold border stands at the edge of the frame, and the floor is pale tiles.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22