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Sisy Abraham performing East Indian dance with Nila Radhakrishnan at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs.

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FS96061

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Collection

Folklife collection
, Series 1577, Folk Festival, no 84

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1 slide - col.

General Note

Sisy and her sister Sinu Abraham apprenticed under Jaya Radhakrishnan in 1990 to learn tradional Indian dance, through the FFP Apprenticeship program.

Sisy Abraham performing East Indian dance with Nila Radhakrishnan at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs.

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Sisy Abraham performing East Indian dance with Nila Radhakrishnan at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs.

Subject

Special events

East Indian dances

International dances

Entertainment

Arts (Performing)--Florida--White Springs

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Community rites--Florida--White Springs

Practices

Ethnicity, Indian

Manners and customs

Entertainment events--Florida--White Springs

Recreation--Florida--White Springs

Folk festivals--Florida--White Springs

Performing arts--Florida--White Springs

Dance--India

East Indians--Clothing

Ethnic costume

Costume--India

Dance costume

East Indian Americans--Florida--White Springs

Entertainers--Florida--White Springs

Child dancers

Folk dancing--India

Date

1991

Identifier

FS96061

Image URL

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Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

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color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection, Series 1577, Folk Festival, no 84

General Note

Sisy and her sister Sinu Abraham apprenticed under Jaya Radhakrishnan in 1990 to learn tradional Indian dance, through the FFP Apprenticeship program.

Subject - Person

Abraham, Sisy, 1975-

Radhakrishnan, Nila, 1974-

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (39th : 1991)

Subject - Corporate

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Sisy Abraham performing East Indian dance with Nila Radhakrishnan at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/319001>, accessed 29 December 2024.

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Sisy Abraham performing East Indian dance with Nila Radhakrishnan at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/319001>

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Sisy Abraham performing East Indian dance with Nila Radhakrishnan at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs.