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Photograph of a folk performance in a large white-tented hall with a polished wooden floor. Two performers in elaborate costumes with yellow, gold and black patterned garments, feathered headdresses and red and green plumes dance centre stage, one holding a stick. A drummer in white on the left plays a drum, while a seated audience of white-clad devotees, many in white, watches on the left. On the right, men in white dhotis and shirts stand near a teal backdrop bearing a green map of South India. Yellow and blue elephant-patterned banners hang from the ceiling beside ceiling fans.

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June 22 20092009-06-22A folk performance on a cream-coloured floor inside a white tented pavilion with yellow and multicoloured painted pillars and ceiling fans. Several performers in colourful costumes with feathered headdresses and ornate dress dance in the centre, one carrying a small figure aloft. Drummers in white dhotis and shirts play hand drums, and a musician plays a long wind instrument. Seated audience members in white sit along the left and back walls, and a teal backdrop with a painted map-like panel stands at the right. Spectators in the foreground watch from the lower right.2009-06-22A cultural performance in a white-canopied hall with yellow and multicolored decorated pillars. Two dancers in colorful costumes, one in green and red striped trousers and the other in blue and gold sequined trousers, wear tall headdresses with pink, green and white plumes and pompoms. They perform folk dance with raised arms while seated musicians play drums and a man in white dhoti and shirt plays a wind instrument on the right. Behind them stands a green map-shaped backdrop. Seated audience members in white clothes watch, and a child in orange sits at the back.2009-06-22A folk performance on a bare-floored hall stage with a turquoise backdrop and painted decorative pillars topped with fans overhead. Two dancers in green costumes with tall dark plumed headdresses and sequined green skirts perform in the centre, while a third performer in green-and-pink striped trousers and bare torso dances at right. Seated audience members in white clothes sit along the left edge, and drummers in white dhotis and orange shawls play hand drums at the right and left sides of the stage.2009-06-22A photograph of a cultural performance in a white-walled hall with a white draped ceiling and yellow and blue patterned banners on the pillars. Two female dancers in the centre wear feathered headpieces and colourful costumes, one in gold and black, the other in green and red, and play hand drums. Seated devotees in white clothing with garlands fill the floor in front and at left. A man in an orange top and white dhoti stands at left holding a drum, and a man in white at right holds a microphone. Lattice windows and a teal curtain frame the room.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A 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.2009-06-22Photograph 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 cultural performance in a tented hall with white walls and yellow-blue painted pillars. A woman in a pink headpiece balanced on her head and a sequined, multicoloured skirt dances on a bare floor, while a dancer in a green and red outfit moves nearby. A man in white dhoti and shirt plays a long wind instrument at the right, and another man in white beats a drum at the centre. Seated audience members in white and red sit along the left wall, and a Tamil Nadu map backdrop in green hangs on the right.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.2009-06-22