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A large outdoor crowd gathers at an open ground lined with coconut palms and red-and-orange flags on poles. In the foreground, a marching band of musicians in white uniforms with red caps and red-and-gold sashes plays brass instruments, including a large silver sousaphone and trumpets. Many people in white clothing fill the crowd behind them, some in colourful saris and shirts. Tall light poles with floodlights and a small pink-roofed building stand at the right edge, under a pale overcast sky.

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Outdoor photo of a marching band procession at a large open-air event. In the foreground, musicians in white uniforms with red caps and red sashes play brass instruments including a sousaphone, trumpets, and a trombone. Among them, a large costumed puppet figure with a round painted face, red jacket, and white shirt walks alongside the band. Behind them a dense crowd of many people, mostly in white clothing, stands before rows of palm trees, red and orange flags, and a low orange-roofed building with loudspeakers and light poles.2010-02-18Outdoor evening crowd at a festival procession in a dusty open field lined with palm trees and strings of flags. A large crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts fills the scene. Several brass band musicians in white uniforms with red caps and red sashes play tubas, trumpets and a sousaphone-style horn. A man on the right wears a yellow shawl and an ornate garland. At left, a person holds a large white jasmine garland. 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