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July 16 2006

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A stage performance at night in front of a dark blue draped backdrop with a maroon valance. A woman in a red sari with a yellow blouse and red flower garland carries a tall decorated kalasha pot with a colourful top on her head, while a man in a grey vest and pink shorts with a red headband stands behind her with palms pressed together in namaskar. On the right, a man in a white shirt and dhoti with a gold necklace plays a long brass horn, and a drummer stands at the left edge beside a drum. A banner behind the performers shows partial lettering. The scene resembles a folk-style ritual dance performance.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16July 05 20092009-07-05Evening stage performance on a dark backdrop with gold scalloped drape. A man in a green kurta and maroon dhoti, with a pink headwrap, plays a large white drum with a stick. Beside him a performer in a yellow embroidered shirt, maroon shorts and red headcloth stands balanced on a bamboo pole, carrying a brass pot topped with orange and white flower garlands and a gold cloth. Below, several men in yellow turbans and green and white armbands are shouldering the pole in a human-tower style display. A small deity murti and flowers sit on a draped table at left, and a red and white bird emblem appears on a banner.2009-06-15A classical Indian dance performance on a red-carpeted stage. A female dancer in a red and white costume with gold jewellery, a red-and-gold headpiece and bangles performs a pose with her arms extended. A seated musician in white clothes with gold trim plays a large frame drum in the foreground, with a microphone stand beside him. A backdrop with pink and red tones shows a partial portrait and a decorative printed banner. Glass display cabinets stand behind the stage, and two seated women in saris watch from the right.2010-12-27A photograph of a stage performance by a group of bare-chested male dancers in white dhotis with red sashes and red waist cloths, each balancing a tall conical headpiece wrapped in red and white and garlanded with white flowers, topped with small round red-and-yellow discs. Several dancers face forward with arms extended, some holding red cloth. The backdrop is draped with green foliage, a tiered red-orange-yellow canopy, and a tall painted pillar with geometric bands, flower and bird motifs in orange and red. Drums are visible at right. The performance appears to be part of a ritual or festival setting.2006-07-16November 29 20162016-11-29June 15 20092009-06-15A cultural stage performance against a bright red backdrop. On the left, a dancer in a royal blue saree with gold border and a red flower in her hair balances a tall decorated pot-and-ornament headpiece on her head, arms extended. Behind her, musicians play traditional instruments: two men in white dhotis play long wooden nadaswaram-style pipes into microphones, a drummer in a white shirt plays a dholak-type drum, and on the right a man in orange and white clothing plays a barrel-shaped drum set.2016-05-01A stage performance of a procession-style dance by a group of men bare-chested in white dhotis with red waist cloths, garlands of white flowers across their shoulders and chests. Each dancer balances a tall conical kalasha-like structure wrapped in red and white and crowned with white flowers and a round red-and-white disc on their heads. Their arms are raised and bent in a dance pose. Behind them hang green leaves and a red, yellow and green draped canopy, and a decorated pillar with floral and geometric designs stands on the right, with a drum visible at the far right.2006-07-16June 22 20092009-06-22June 15 20092009-06-15