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October 16 2013

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A young boy in an orange ashram-style outfit with a red bindi on his forehead blows into a large white conch shell held to his mouth with both hands. Behind him a standing adult in orange robes with a beaded necklace is partly visible, and drummers at the left and right edges play barrel drums on a stage with a dark red curtain backdrop.2013-10-06September 21 20132013-09-21A young boy seated on a white tiled floor plays a long brass horn held to his mouth with both hands. He wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped over his shoulder and a necklace of rudraksha beads, with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms, and a wristwatch. Behind him, other seated boys in orange cloths sit beside a large drum with a patterned skin. The setting suggests a ritual musical performance.2019-05-18A young girl in an orange saffron wrap sits on a pale floor playing a long brass horn, a kahal-style wind instrument, with its bell pointing left. Her hair is oiled and tied back, she wears white tilak lines on her forehead and arm, beaded bracelets, a rudraksha-style necklace and a wristwatch. Behind her a large drum with a leopard-print cover and white drumhead is played by another child. Several other children in matching orange robes sit in the background, some with white facial markings, during a group ritual performance.2019-05-18Two child performers in orange saffron-coloured robes stand before dark maroon velvet drapes on a stage. The taller girl raises a long gold-coloured horn high overhead with one hand while blowing into it, wearing rudraksha beads around her neck, hoop earrings and a white vertical tilak on her forehead. In front of her a younger boy with a shaved head and a red bindi blows a large white conch shell, held in both hands. Drums are partly visible at the edges. Red and white tassels hang from the top left.2013-10-06May 18 20192019-05-18A photograph of young boys in a ritual setting. The central boy wears an orange dhoti and orange shawl with brown rudraksha malas and a pendant, and blows into a large pale conch shell held to his lips. Two boys at left and right stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing orange and maroon robes, rudraksha beads, and white sacred marks on their foreheads and arms. Other children in maroon garments stand behind them. Orange and white architecture forms the background.2013-07-17A young boy with short dark hair, a red bindi and white forehead markings sits in red robes and blows into a large orange-and-cream conch shell held with both hands. He wears a dark beaded rudraksha mala and a small earring; a wristwatch is visible on his left wrist. Behind him, other red-robed figures and brass horns sit on a red cloth, with a red drape in the background.2013-07-14A young child plays a bamboo flute held to the lips with both hands. The child is bare-chested, wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder and across the body, multiple rudraksha malas around the neck and wrist, a gold-toned pendant and a digital wristwatch. A white tilak marks the forehead and white markings appear on the arms. Behind is a blurred interior with red upholstered chairs and a wooden panel.2019-05-18June 19 20142014-06-19May 18 20192019-05-18March 22 20132013-03-22