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A night-time outdoor scene on a stone-paved courtyard with a tarpaulin canopy and bamboo overhead. Several young male musicians in orange-saffron dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, play long curved brass horns (kombu-style) and drums. A central young musician in white dhoti with gold border plays a brass horn with a flared bell. Some have tilak and white markings on their bodies.

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Night photo of a ceremonial musical group performing on a stone-paved courtyard. Two long curved brass horns, one held by the young man on the left and one by the young man on the right, are played with a central musician in a white dhoti and white shawl playing a small brass instrument. Several drummers in saffron-orange cloth and bare chests with rudraksha malas and white forehead marks play round frame drums. Dim lights and bamboo surround the scene.2017-07-07October 19 20172017-10-19July 07 20172017-07-07Evening procession on a paved courtyard path with palm trees behind. A bare-chested boy in white dhoti with gold border plays a brass horn while a younger boy in orange clothes and orange head cloth plays a horn beside him. Men in orange and red garments with rudraksha malas and white face markings walk among them, one carrying a tray of flowers under a maroon cloth. Colourful decorated umbrellas in red, yellow, pink, green and blue are held overhead by people in white. Several drummers carry drums in the background.2017-09-03Night procession on a dirt road with several people in orange and saffron garments. In the foreground, a young man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala plays a long curved brass horn raised overhead, while a companion in orange with gold-edged cloth plays a horn beside him, and a player on the left holds a long brass horn with a lit torch. Behind them, orange-robed drummers and devotees walk, and a decorated ratha with a golden canopy and an ornate deity murti moves in the background, with flaming torches and strings of lights glowing in the dark.2015-11-25September 03 20172017-09-03Night photograph of a paved courtyard where a band of young musicians in saffron-orange dhotis and matching orange head cloths performs. A bare-chested drummer beats a silver drum, a player at right blows a long brass trumpet, and a child in white dhoti beside a rudraksha mala plays a hand drum. Other players in orange stand near them, one holding a small horn to his mouth. Behind them, shirtless and white-clad men stand under a corrugated roof beside a parked truck and car.2017-09-28Night photograph of a covered stone pathway lined with bamboo and shrubs, lit by tube lights. Several young boys wearing saffron-orange dhotis and bare torsos play long curved brass horns, seen from behind; the foreground boys have long dreadlocked hair and bands of white tilak on their foreheads. A figure in white and a bare-chested boy with ash markings stand to the left, and a few more ritual participants in orange are visible in the dim background, with brass horn bells raised into the air. Ritual horn blowing at a procession or ceremony.2017-07-07A group of young boys in saffron and maroon robes stands on a paved courtyard in front of a salmon-coloured building with pink flowering bushes and a palm frond at left. Several boys play long curved brass horns held upright, and two boys beat large barrel drums with bare hands; one drum is held at waist height by a boy wearing a saffron cloth and rudraksha beads. Others wear beaded necklaces, bangles and sacred ash marks on their foreheads. Older men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind them, watching. The scene resembles a temple procession or ashram ceremonial music ensemble.2014-06-19A photograph of a street-level procession of young people in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas and white tilak markings on their foreheads. Several boys play large hand drums, one held by a shaved-headed youth in orange at right, while others blow long curved brass horns raised above the group. A taller man in a red-and-gold wrapped garment with a long dark braid and a red-beaded mala stands at left, facing the musicians. Pink bougainvillea and palm fronds frame the background wall.2014-06-19September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20142014-07-28