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A performer stands on a green draped stage, shirtless, wearing a yellow and green silk dhoti with a gold waist belt and a green border. He wears a multi-strand beaded necklace with green and purple beads, a gold chain, gold armlets and bangles, and a red tilak on the forehead. His hands are held together at chest height in a dance gesture while he gazes upward. Blurred seated audience members fill the background beneath a hanging banner.

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December 24 20092009-12-24A bare-chested male dancer performs on a green stage cloth, arms extended with hands in mudra-like gestures, facing right and looking upward. He wears a yellow and green silk dhoti with gold-bordered pleats, a gold waist belt, gold armlets and bangles, and a multi-strand beaded necklace with rudraksha-style beads. Ankle bells are visible at his feet. An audience sits blurred in the background, and a colourful banner hangs at the right. The scene reads as a classical dance performance.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer stands on a green stage bare-chested, wearing a yellow and green draped dhoti with a gold waist belt, layered beaded necklaces in green and pink, gold armlets and bangles, and a red bindi with dramatic eye makeup. He gestures with open hands while speaking, dressed in classical dance-drama costume. Behind him a seated audience of women fills the blurred hall, with decorative striped pillars at the edges.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer on a stage in a hall wears a bare-chested costume of yellow and green silk with a gold-embroidered belt and a long green-and-gold drape, plus layered beaded necklaces, bangles and armlets. Face is painted with dark eye makeup, red lipstick and a forehead mark. One hand is raised in a dance mudra while the other arm extends outward in a classical dance pose. Banners with colourful patterns hang in the background and a stage light glows at the right edge. A single person is visible, and no identity is asserted.2009-12-24A performer in a classical dance pose on a stage, bare-chested with an ornate multi-strand necklace of pink and green stones, jeweled armlets and bangles, a gold-and-green sash and yellow silk dhoti with a jeweled waist belt. He has red lipstick, a red bindi and dark hair, raising one palm forward while the other hand is extended. Behind him are hanging orange and multicoloured banners. Audience heads are visible at the bottom edge.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer on a stage stands bare-chested in a theatrical costume with a green and gold border sash, a yellow dhoti, and an ornate gold waist belt. He wears layered beaded necklaces, armlets, and bangles, with a red mark on his forehead. Warm stage lighting glows behind him, and a blurred audience sits in the background. Hanging lanterns and a faint logo appear at the top of the frame.2009-12-24A photograph of a performer on a green stage mid-dance, bare-chested and wearing a yellow and green dhoti with gold waistband, multiple beaded necklaces, gold armbands and bangles, and a tilak on the forehead with painted eyes and red lips. His arms are extended outward and one knee is lifted. Behind him are hanging orange, green, purple and red decorations and a blurred audience of seated people in white and colourful clothing.2009-12-24