kōla (play, performance, festival)

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Person in the image is getting ready for Buta kola or nema is typically an annual ritual performance where local spirits or deities are being impersonated by ritual

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Location: Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Photo credit: © Virendra Mall / Alamy / Afripics
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