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A photograph of a hall during a cultural performance. In the centre, a performer wearing a large costume with a green and gold skirt, peacock-feather headdress and a blue waist panel carries a young girl in a pink top and green skirt on their shoulders. To the right, a man in a white dhoti and cream shawl with orange border stands beside the stage. Seated spectators on the left wear saris and garlands, including a woman in red with a flower garland. White drapery and a lattice window frame the hall, and a fan is mounted on the wall.

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June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22Indoor cultural performance on a stage with a teal backdrop bearing a green map of South India with dancing figures. A performer in a green costume with a large peacock headpiece and a child seated on the peacock figure stands center. A girl in a pink headdress with feathers and green-and-red striped trousers dances at right, while a man in a white shirt and dhoti plays a long brass horn. Seated musicians and children in bright costumes are at the left and back, and a seated figure in orange clothing sits near the center-left.2009-06-22Photograph of a cultural dance performance in a hall with white ceilings, ceiling fans and decorative patterned pillars. Four performers in colourful costumes dance on a light polished floor: one in a green skirt with a dark feathered headpiece, others in patterned pants and bright headdresses with pink and orange plumes. Drummers in white clothing play drums at the sides. Audience members sit on the floor in white clothes along the edges of the stage area, with a teal backdrop behind the performers.2009-06-22A costumed stage performance inside a hall decorated with painted pillars and white drapery. A young girl in a pale yellow dress with a white flower garland rides on the shoulders of a performer dressed as a peacock, wearing a long green sequined skirt, a blue-yellow mirrored wing piece and a peacock head mask with a peacock-feather fan. Beside them a performer in blue sequined costume with a white feathered headdress gestures with an open hand. Seated white-clad audience members line the room and watch, and a ceiling fan and lights are visible.2009-06-22A photograph of a young girl in a pink top and pink tiered skirt performing on a raised green-and-blue draped stage, leaning over a blue and gold peacock costume with a peacock-feather headdress and a long orange beak. Seated women in white clothes, several wearing flower garlands, watch from the floor at the left, with a red-bordered red bindi on one. A white ceiling drape, a green-and-yellow painted pillar and a wall fan frame the hall.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A cultural dance performance in a white-walled hall with a draped white ceiling and yellow-blue banners. Three dancers in bright costumes perform in the centre: the nearest wears a sequined gold bodice and striped patterned skirt with a feathered headdress, the middle one wears a red-trimmed green-and-red outfit with a pink-and-white headpiece, and a third at right wears a long green gown with peacock-feather ornaments. Seated devotees in white clothes fill the floor on mats, with a cameraman and a figure in white standing near the back.2009-06-22A cultural dance performance in a white-walled hall with yellow and blue draped banners and white metal scaffolding. In the centre, dancers in green and red costumes with feathered headdresses perform, one in a green robe with a large dark feathered fan. Seated audience members in white clothes and garlands face the stage, and a musician in a white dhoti plays a long wind instrument at right. A few seated figures wear orange and red garments. Latticed windows and a wooden door line the back wall.2009-06-22A photograph of a cultural dance performance on a bare pale floor in an indoor hall with a white ceiling and yellow-and-blue patterned hangings. In the foreground a dancer wears a tall fan of dark feathers on the head, a green headscarf, a green and gold sequined skirt and a patterned blue bodice. Behind, another dancer with a similar feather headdress wears a dark green and red skirt. Several performers in bright red, green and gold costumes with red headpieces dance near a turquoise curtain. Seated people in white clothes watch along the left wall, and a man in white with a red shawl stands at the right holding a drum. A tall drum is visible beside him.2009-06-22A cultural dance performance in a white-walled hall with yellow and blue decorative pillars and white draped ceiling fabric. Three performers in colourful costumes dance on the floor: two women in red and gold headdresses with feathered plumes, one in gold and black patterned trousers and the other in green and red trousers, and a figure in a green robe and feathered headpiece. A seated audience in white clothes fills the foreground and sides, and a drummer in white plays a drum at the right. Some audience members wear orange and saffron garments.2009-06-22A cultural performance in an indoor hall with white ceiling canopy, tall columns wrapped in colourful patterned fabric, and white lattice windows. On the left, a performer in a large dark green and black costume with a tall feathered headdress stands near a standing figure in a yellow and black costume with a red and white plumed headdress. A central dancer in a green costume with a large dark feathered headpiece moves forward. Musicians in white dhotis and shirts play drums and wind instruments on the right, and a woman in a bright yellow and green outfit performs beside them. Rows of seated audience members in white clothing, many wearing white and orange garlands, sit on the floor and in chairs facing the stage area.2009-06-22