德姆萨舞者，印度

印度奥里萨邦。摇摇欲坠的市场摊位后面，即兴表演的德姆萨舞蹈如火如荼的进行着。妇女们围成半圆形跳着舞，男人们弹奏着乐器。突然，围观的人们停止鼓掌----只见一个脸上涂抹着鲜艳蓝色的年轻男子站在圆圈中间，他在从人群中消失后，马上又以神的姿态出现在两名男子的肩头。这时，舞蹈在隆隆的鼓声中重新开始，年轻男子也在不停的旋转成一个圆圈以使观众们高兴。

Demsa Dancer, India

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Orissa, India. Behind a ramshackle cluster of market stalls an impromptu Demsa dance was in full swing. The women danced in semicircles while the men played musical instruments. Suddenly, the crowd stopped clapping. A young man, his face painted a vivid blue, stood in the middle of the circle. He vanished into the multitude, only to reappear like a deity on the shoulders of two men. The dancing started again with the banging of drums as he was spun in a circle to the delight of the crowd.

 

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