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A cultural performance on a stage draped with red satin skirting. About fourteen costumed performers stand in a line across the stage in traditional attire: an orange saree with gold border, a green-and-gold lehenga, a red-and-gold dress, a white dhoti with a dark border, and saffron and white dhotis with bare-chested performers wearing gold necklaces. Some wear garlands, crowns and face markings. Seated audience members in front, many with long braided hair, watch from floor mats. A blue backdrop and a sound system sit at the left edge. The scene is a costumed dance-drama or culturals programme.

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