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Six female dancers are seen standing in a vertical line, wearing Army uniforms. The first dancer is sitting on her knees with folded hands and the others have thrown out their hands at different levels, hands wide open. Two other dancers are seen balancing a third dancer on their hands, where the dancer in the center is waving the National flag ten times. 

All eight dancers then fall in a straight line at the center of the stage and pause for a few seconds. They then march towards their own positions, one at the front center, two on the right and left, on the row just behind her and four others standing in a straight line on a third row. The three girls in the front are on their knees and all of them move their hands up and down in Alapadma mudra (a fully opened lotus) , throwing their right arms above their heads and bringing it to their chest. They repeat the step on the left side as well. 

They then keep their arms in a slanting position, right arm up and left arm down, hands in Alapadma mudra (a fully opened lotus) and vice versa. The salute once, clasp their hands on the left side, above their head and throw the right hand down, open their arms towards the sky, the three dancers who are still on their knees, fall down towards their right side, while the rest of the dancers turn towards their right side and salute.

All of them then put their hands towards the left side in an Alapadma mudra (a fully opened lotus) , left hand towards the sky and right near their chest. 

While the dancer in the center marches off stage and comes back with the National flag in her hand, another dancer sits on the ground in an animal pose, on top of whom another dancer stands up while the others look at her with folded hands. The dancer who came with the National flag hands it over to the dancer on top and poses in front of her, body bent backwards and hands thrown above in Alapadma mudra (a fully opened lotus).

They then dismantle the pose and the National flag is kept back. Five dancers stand in a straight vertical line, bowing their bodies in such a way that another dancer walks over them from stage left and jumps down via the other end, supported by the other two dancers. 

They march back to their original positions, salutes and bows down with their right legs backwards and right hands over their chest. They repeat it once more and perform a slow salute. 
They then remove their berets and put on another cap, stamp their right leg towards their right front, clap their hand at their face level and repeat it on the left side. They again do it once more on the right side. They keep their left hands bent over their chest, moving their hands from left down to right up twice. They move backwards four times, their right hands bent, forefingers pointed towards the sky. They bend their bodies down and move their hands from right to left, jump down and point their right forefinger at the sky balancing on one knee. 

They stand up, make the gesture of showing off their biceps, jump and clap, come forward and take their guns. Two of the dancers sit on their knees and pointing their guns outward while the others stand in a straight row behind, posing the same way. They act as if looking for a target, slowly scanning the audience from left to right. They then rest the guns on the right shoulder and pause for a few moments. 

They keep their guns back, make their original formation at the back of the stage and perform slow movements with the arms. They fall on their knees and roll on the ground, keep their left hand at the fulcrum and circle individually through their left. 

They again repeat the previous steps and three of them perform front rolls, after which three of them bend down on the floor, two bend down on top of them and another dancer stands on top of them, one dancer standing on the side to support her. After folding her hands and swaying her body for four times, the dancer on top comes down and the whole team dismantles. 

They take two big ribbons each on each hand and perform a few swaying movements with the same. After circling once, they go on their knees and continue swaying the ribbons. They then get up and move as one circle and perform a few more ribbon swaying steps at their original positions. They move onto their final formation where one dancer stands high on a stool saluting the audience, another dancer swaying the National flag behind her and the others on their knees in front of them, with ribbons held criss-cross above their heads.
 

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