Street performance by Poutchari devotees of the Manar Swami cult. Wearing turban and dhoti, they sing praises seated on a carpet in the street. They use drums, Chelimbou or copper rings, bells, and other percussion instuments. Poutchari de Manarsuami. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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