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A large outdoor gathering under a white tent canopy edged with red-and-white striped poles and red and white draped valances. Hundreds of seated men fill rows of white plastic chairs, most wearing white shirts and trousers, some with shirts in blue, red-striped, or orange, and several with rudraksha-style beaded cords around their necks. They watch intently toward a stage out of frame. Speakers and lights hang at the canopy edges, and palm trees show beyond the tent. No single individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this frame.