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Some participants were asked to respond to this painting. Here are their responses:

Enter the first word that comes to mind:

•  
• a duel
• action
• active
• aggressive
• altercation
• anger
• animal
• attack
• background
• balance
• battle
• beach
• beginning
• blooming
• broken
• christmas tree
• clash
• colorful
• colorfull
• competition
• conflict
• confrontation
• curious
• dance
• devils
• different
• disruptive
• divide
• dual
• ducks
• duel
• dynamic
• earth
• egyptian
• festive
• fight
• fighting
• folkloric
• fruit
• funny
• gallentry
• games
• god battle
• gods
• green
• hanuman
• horizon
• intense
• intruiging
• jealousy
• joy
• land
• mango
• monkey
• monkeys
• movement
• mustard
• mythic
• nature
• oooof!
• ouch
• play
• raw
• ritual
• story
• storytelling
• struggle
• synthetic
• tree
• tribal
• unclear
• war
• warriors
• wrestle
• yellow

Enter a word that describes the subject or mood of this painting:

• 2 d
• aggressive
• agressive
• anger
• angry
• anxiety
• battle
• bland
• bold
• boring
• chartreuse
• combat
• combative
• competition
• conflict
• confrontation
• confrontational
• confusion
• dance
• dangerous
• disagreement
• disagrement
• dual
• duel
• dueling
• enerjetic
• ferocious
• feudalism
• fight
• fighting
• fights
• fivorous 
• fruitless
• green
• hanuman
• happines
• honor
• hostile
• humor
• initiation
• judgment
• lively
• loyal
• m
• mancats
• mating ritual
• men!
• monkey
• monkey fight
• monkey quarrel
• myth
• mythical
• narrative
• observing
• okay
• ominous
• playful
• rama
• rough housing
• routine
• silly
• skirmish
• smite
• sparring
• spectacle
• spying
• story
• symbolic
• testosterone poisoning
• traditional
• training
• training battle
• tree
• tribal
• unexpected
• vibrant
• violent
• voyeuristic
• war
• war, battle, conflict
• warior scene 
• warrior
• warriors
• weird
• who's next?
• wild
• witnessing turmoil

What is the dominant color in this painting?

• black
• bright green
• chartreuse
• chartreuse green
• chartruse
• earthy green
• gold
• green
• green yellow
• greenish
• greenish brown
• light green
• lime yellow
• mustard
• ochre
• olive
• olive green
• orange
• pea green
• putrid green
• saffron
• tan
• tinted vert with yellow
• wheat
• white
• white highlights are most interesting. 
• yel ochre
• yello
• yellow
• yellow green
• yellow ochre gold
• yellowgreen
• yellowish green
• yelowish green
• 2

About how many figures are depicted in this painting?

• 2
• 3
• 5 if you don't count the tree
• 5?
• five
• 5
• 6
• 20

In one sentence, describe this scene:

• Two people are fighting while others look on .
• Two soldiers training for battle
• Men dancing or fighting with onlookers - maybe hiding behind a tree
• Simple effective narrative. like the primitive layout
• Two fight while three watch.
• Men and sport
• Two monkeys battle while Rama, Sita and Hauniman watch.
• This looks like a warrior dance.
• It appears to be a fight scene between two men, as they are observed by holy figures (on the right), perhaps telling a story or a moral fable.
• A battled has ensued.
• Two men battle near a tree while three other men look on.
• Combat and an audience
• Monkeys fighting, scene from the Ramayana
• This is a Pahari painting, likely from Basohli circa 18th century, depicting a scene from the Ramayana in which Bali and Sugriva are fighting, and Rama (accompanied by Lakshmana) is hiding and watching from his vantage point behind a tree.
• This is an outdoor scene of five figures, two of whom might be fighting, perhaps ceremonially.
• Battle practice
• Ochre background with figures fighting and others looking on.
• Men watching a duel in tribal costume.
• There are two people fighting and a small group of onlookers.
• Two men fight while three onlookers take shelter behind a flowered tree.
• The warriors battle for the lords favor.
• Three spectators watching the fight of two warriors.
• Duel
• Fighting
• Battle between Vali and Sugreeva
• Ramjit Kain vs Manmeet Abel by the sea
• Two spirits dance while human figures look on from behind a tree.
• Ancient boxing match
• Two people are fighting and other people are looking while standing behind a tree.
• A battle with observers, who may have their turn at fighting.
• This one confusing since I cannot tell if it is a dance routine or a confrontation.
• Fighting and sparring between two mythical soldiers.
• Two monkey-men fight or dance by a flowering tree as another monkey-man and two men look on.
• Power struggle among gods with prince or patron watching but hidden from view.
• It looks like humans watching "monkey-beings" fight or compete?
• Can't see it well but it looks like a fight scene between the brothers from the Mahabarata
• Practicing hand-to-hand combat.
• Mano-a-mano Asian style.
• 2 men fighting while others look on
• It looks like a fight with observers behind the tree.
• Rulers fighting
• A fight scene, perhaps illustrating a well known story.
• Two men fight next to an interesting tree while others hide behind the tree to watch the hand to hand combat.
• Observed fight scene
• Ritual
• Three figures spy on two animal-like figures fighting.
• Felines engage in combat as three spectators hide behind tree to watch
• Some prefer not to partake in the War Dance.
• Festival
• Hanuman, or two of his knights, joust for the entertainment of Rama and a courtier, while another of Hanuman's courtiers looks on.
• Two warriors are fighting while others look on.
• Combat on one side of the tree, observation on the other.
• Men Battling over something.
• Whimsical.
• A battle scene.
• Two monkey-gods are fighting over nothing particularly important, unaware that people are watching them act a damn fool.
• Warriors beating each other's head, while onlookers judge
• Two figures fighting while three figures watch from the other side of a tree
• Monkey dieties wrestle, while another diety and two men watch.
• Some monkey-men fight while men look on.
• Men fighting around tree
• The batle
• Fighting for power
• Three people watching two fight near a beach.
• Quite dull
• A warrior hero fighting against a demon, can't determine the function of the witnesses
• Two warriors in battle, with three figures hiding behind a tree watching.
• People having a fight with onlookers hiding behind a tree
• Battling for the christmas tree (they are all desperate time travelers from 2039, a time where there are no more evergreen trees suitable for yuletide use)
• The contestants and the spectators
• Two people are fighting while three others hide behind a tree and watch.
• Conflict arises between two warring factions.
• This painting depicts a fight or competition of some sort, between two people, with three others looking on.
• The battle between Vali and Sugreeva for the crown of Kishkindha while Hanuman, Ram and Lakshman watch.
• They are fighting, why?
• In the spring, blossoms bloom and men establish power and work through hierarchical positioning
• A battle between deities while mortals look on.
• Men spy on two animal-like gods as they battle.
• TWO WARRIORS BATTLING
• Onlookers observing a fight.
• Waring boys over who gets the girls
• Playing on the beach
• Two figures fighting with three observers a tree, which is presents as a dividing factor between both.
• Dancing around the flowery tree
• Ram
• Two fighting gods are watched by three onlookers hiding behind a tree.
• Onlookers in a fight
• Looks like two monkey gods fighting while three others look on from behind a tree on what could be a beach with the ocean lapping the shore at the top of the image.
• Fight scene with observers
• Men are fighting over a tree.
• A battle of forces
• Waring gods
• A battle in a garden.
• Boys are having fun.
• Monkey gods fighting with other people looking on.
• Playing/challenging/earning
• An ongoing battle and a group of sages that have come to break it up.
• Two warriors fighting while others look on in back of beautiful tree with flowers.
• Three men watching two monkeys fight from behind a tree.
• The two figures on the left are fighting while the others watch, hiding behind the tree
• Wrestlers practice to entertain with sport
• Men fighting
• A battle of Hindu gods painted in a flat and pictorial style.
• Warriors are fighting and ladies are watching.
• Men fighting
• Entertainment or disaster?
• Like the surf in the background
• Two men are engaged in combat, while three other tribal men look on.
• Two monkey-man figures fist fight, while two men and another monkey-man watch from behind a tree.
• Some kind of fight. spectators and a tree
• A battle between two spirits or gods
• A conflict arises and a family hides, waiting to see the outcome.
• A tree in the center of the scene divides two men fighting from three others watching nearby.
• Strength fight w spectators
• Public battle of two
• Battle of gods
• Two monkeys get into a fight while three men look on
• Hard to see details as image is too small; are fighters on left & figure on extreme right monkeys?
• ANTHROPOMORPHISED PEOPLE FIGHTING WITH ONLOOKERS AND A TREE
• Three men watch two other men wrestle, fight, or dance.
• Figures around what looks like a tree; three are looking at the three; the other two look like they're fighting.
• Vali and sugriha fighting.
• Men fight on a beach while others hide behind a tree.
• Hard to understand
• A flat colorful landscape of a couple men fighting each other while three other people stare at the action
• Three deities watch two other deities fight from their hiding place behind a tree.
• Two men fight and three men look on.
• Battle between Gods over life (tree is a symbol of life) and people.
• A battle of some type of honor ?
• Combat
• Duel?
• The battle had to be won before the slaves could be freed.
• People witness a duel at the beach.
• A batlle
• Separation
• Some kind of fight, witnessed by a group of men - and a monkey...
• War in time of plentitude
• Two men fight while three men watch from behind a tree.
• Time for a wrestling contest - take turns, now.
• Battle of common demons.
• In a flat landscape, two warriors fight each other while on the other side of a single tree, three others look on.
• Battle scene
• i like it narrates a even in the Indian culture.
• Bird men fighting while men watch
• Two monkeys (perhaps transformed men? they are wearing clothes and have human proportions) are fighting near a tree, while two men and another monkey-like creature look on.