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Kathakali performers in Kerala spend painstaking hours applying their own elaborate make-up.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita. No usage authorized without prior written permission.

Photo size: 16.3 Mpixels (46.7 MB uncompressed) - 4950x3300 pixels (16.5x11 in / 41.9x27.9 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: India, Kathakali performers, Kathakali Theater, Kerala, page 366-367, Silk Road, Zheng He book

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Kathakali performers in Kerala spend painstaking hours applying their own elaborate make-up.

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