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Odissi dancers starting their performane with a bow to the audience
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Niharika Mohanty points to a photo of her guru Kelucharan Mohanty as she introduces the day's performance
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An Odissi performer gets her teacher's blessings before beginning her performance
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Odissi dancers
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Odissi performer Rasika
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Odissi performer Shradha
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Odissi performer Shradha
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Odissi performer Rasika
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Odissi performer Rasika
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Odissi performer Shradha
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Odissi uses hand gestures and facial expressions to convey meaning
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Odissi performer Shradha
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Shradha
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Odissi performer Shradha
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Odissi performer Bhakti Tantod
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Odissi performer Rasika
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Odissi performer
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Odissi performer Shradha
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Odissi performer Rasika
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Beautiful costumes and painted feet
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Niharika Mohanty
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Odissi performers mime playing the dholak drum
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Odissi performer Rasika
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Odissi performers mime applying makeup
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Odissi performer mimes playing the veena
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Odissi performer mimes looking at a mirror
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Odissi performers mime applying makeup
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Niharika Mohanty mimes
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Odissi performer Rasika
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Niharika Mohanty demonstrates one of the nine moods expressed in Odissi