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A 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.

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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.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.2009-06-22Indoor 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.2009-06-22June 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.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22Photograph 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.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22Indoor scene in a bright hall with cream tiled floor and pale pink walls, with a grey metal railing at left. Seated on a woven mat, several young women and children perform: a girl in a green top and red trousers holds a microphone, a woman in a green-and-gold sari and another in a pink-and-purple sari sit with microphones, and a woman in a teal sari with gold jewellery sits beside them. A young man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a rudraksha mala plays a tabla pair. At right, a performer in a shirt with a pink Ganesha-face mask and crown stands with another masked figure. Two men in white kurta and dhoti and a woman in white stand in the background. A small blue fan and a curtained doorway appear behind.2011-09-01June 22 20092009-06-22A 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.2009-06-22