Dancers in body paint wait to take part in a performance during festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi August 21, 2012. The ten-day-long festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to symbolise the return of King Mahabali to meet his beloved subjects. REUTERS/Sivaram V (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)