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Imagine you receive this in the mail. As the recipient, what emotions arise? What do the event organizers want you to know so that you are eager to make an appearance? Press the video in the top right corner to learn what we can infer from the invitation packet about the performance.


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Dance Festival of India, 2008. Sponsorship Benefits and Invitation Packet. Indian Artists Sunil Kothari Collection. Performing Abroad in Festivals Folder. Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology

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