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A performer in a bright green sleeveless top and green shorts over red leggings and ankle bells dances at the centre of a bare floor, holding coloured ribbons and a decorated arched frame with feathered tassels overhead. Behind him a drummer in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a large barrel drum. Seated women in white garments and floral garlands watch from the left, and white draped fabric and lattice windows decorate the hall.

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June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A performer in a bright green sleeveless top and green shorts over red leggings dances on a pale hall floor, arms spread wide while playing a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-type pipe) held to his mouth. He wears a sacred ash mark on his forehead, a copper pendant on a cord, and ankle bells with metallic studs. Behind him rises a tall ornate yellow and black decorated structure with feathers and a cloth canopy. A large drum stands at left, and a man in a cream shirt and rust-coloured dhoti stands at right, holding a camera with an identification badge. White drapes hang at the top of the hall.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a performer in a bright lime-green sleeveless top and lime-green loose shorts with an orange waistband and red leggings, performing a kavadi-style act. He wears a sandalwood tilak on his forehead and a thin necklace, and carries a wooden kavadi frame with yellow wooden pots and peacock-feather and blue-yellow fabric decorations. A thin blue-and-yellow ribbon or thread runs from his mouth. Behind him, a seated musician and audience members, including a woman in a red sari with a white flower in her hair and a woman in a beige top with a garland, watch. White lattice screens and a white fan are visible.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A performer in a bright green sleeveless top and red track pants with white side stripes dances on a pale tiled floor, balancing a long wooden frame decorated with dark feathers, gold-toned discs and fringe on his head and shoulder. Bells are fastened around his ankles. Beside him, a standing man in a white shirt and white dhoti with gold borders holds a long dark staff with a red tassel. A lattice window and a red bag appear in the background, and a small purple logo is in the lower left corner.2009-06-22