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dance · festival

A group of women performing a mass dance on the first day of the Chapchar Kut festival in 2018. The dancers move in coordinated rows, wearing yellow, orange, and green blouses with striped skirts in red, green, and white.

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Traditional dance groups perform during the full-dress rehearsal for India's 73rd Republic Day celebrations along Rajpath in New Delhi on 23 January 2022.

music · dance

A Senegalese troupe performing music and dance on an open-air stage at the Surajkund International Crafts Mela in Haryana, India.

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A pair of Marsh Dancers (Onychargia atrocyana), also known as Black Marsh Darts, resting together on a pale green leaf.

dance · festival

Nyati African traditional dance group from Tanzania performance at the Surajkund International Crafts Mela in Haryana.

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Archival footage shows choreographer Sandip Soparrkar performing with a dance partner during Rohit Verma's Mehak Fashion Show in 2007.

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Archival footage shows two professional dancers performing a Salsa and Latin ballroom routine during a fashion show featuring Rohit Verma's collection Mehak.

Haryana·festival · dance

An international troupe performing African folk dance and live drumming on a stage at Surajkund Mela in Faridabad, Haryana.

Haryana·dance · festival

A group of dancers and musicians performs Mayuri Nritya, the Peacock Dance, on the daytime stage at Surajkund Mela 2022. The dance comes from the Braj cultural region of Uttar Pradesh, which includes Mathura and Vrindavan.

Haryana·festival · dance

A cultural troupe from Guinea-Bissau performing on the daytime stage at Surajkund Mela 2022. Drummers wearing matching African-print tunics play hand drums and tall painted drums alongside dancers performing coordinated movements.

temple · dance

A hillside Hindu temple complex near the Mangar Bani Sacred Grove in Haryana. Small pink and pale sandstone shrines, or chhatris, stand side-by-side on a red-brick courtyard, with tiered roofs, carved arches and glass-fronted niches contain…

festival · dance

Scenes from Chapchar Kut 2018, a major cultural festival of the Mizo people in Mizoram. The festival ground is filled with spectators, decorated stages, flags and participants taking part in parades and performances.

dance · highway

A group of folk performers takes part in a Republic Day rehearsal on a wide road in New Delhi.

Haryana·dance · music

A group of male folk artists performing music and dance on the cultural stage at Surajkund Mela 2022 in Faridabad, Haryana.

Haryana·dance · music

A traditional drumming and dance performance from Guinea-Bissau at the Surajkund Mela in Haryana, India. Performers present a cultural programme accompanied by traditional West African drums and coordinated dance movements.

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The Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Meghalaya tableaux move along Rajpath, now Kartavya Path, during the 71st Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2020.

Madhya Pradesh·dance · temple

A dancer performs Odia Abhinaya during the annual Khajuraho Dance Festival 2020 in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India. The performer wears traditional Odia dance attire and presents expressive movements and gestures associated with Abhinaya.

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Traditional dancers perform to the Vande Bharat song during the Republic Day Parade in Delhi in 2022. Dozens of performers dressed in colorful traditional attire take part in a synchronized cultural dance along the parade route.

highway · industry

Municipal waste collection workers are seen operating a hydraulic garbage truck on a city street in Delhi. The workers attach a green waste dumpster to the truck’s hydraulic lifting mechanism near a garbage collection point.

highway · industry

Three sanitation workers are shown handling a large green waste bin beside a municipal compactor truck in Safdarjung, New Delhi.

old town · dance

The 71st Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2020, at Rajpath in New Delhi featured colourful state tableaux showcasing India's diverse cultural heritage, traditions and architecture.

Uttarakhand·dance · hills

Mukhauta Nritya, also known as Pandav Nritya, is performed during the Bhratra Festival in Sagar Village near Tungnath and Chopta in Uttarakhand, India.

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Indian and international participants dancing together at the World Social Forum in 2004. Men and women dressed in colourful clothing sing, clap, and move to the music amid a lively crowd.