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July 15 2011

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July 15 20112011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15 +1 copies2010 - Photo Album +1 copiesJuly 14 20112011-07-14December 27 20132013-12-27September 17 20072007-09-17A street procession moves along a roadway lined with pink-walled buildings and a crowd of onlookers. At the centre, a red tractor decorated with orange and yellow garlands leads a float carrying a decorated deity or ornate canopy. Behind it, a red-and-gold ratha-style float with a tall red canopy and banners is pulled through the street. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, while women in saris and children watch from the sidewalk. Overhead, a red and yellow decorated arch or banner structure spans the road, and rooftop spectators are visible at the right.2011-10-15A festival procession moves down a dusty unpaved road between a red-brick wall and a blue-and-yellow pennant-decorated barrier. At the centre, a red tractor pulls a decorated float garlanded with red and white flowers; a figure in a dark outfit sits at its wheel and seated figures sit on the float beneath red and yellow umbrellas. Large numbers of men and women in saffron and orange robes and white clothing line and walk the route. Men at the front play hand drums, and a large yellow parasol is carried at the right. Spectators stand along the wall in white and colourful saris and dhotis.2013-12-27August 17 20072007-08-17 +2 copiesA large outdoor street procession moves through a town, with a dense crowd of men mostly in white dhotis and shirts filling the road. On the right, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a long green-and-white flower garland stands with hands pressed together in namaste, close to a tall decorated pole hung with bunches of green coconuts and a yellow and orange cloth. Strings of small triangular pennants stretch across the street above, and a red-and-white decorated structure and a roadside signboard show behind the crowd. The scene is a festive ratha or chariot-style procession with devotees. +1 copiesA large crowd of devotees walks along a dirt road in a procession, many dressed in white dhotis and shirts. Two men in the centre-right wear white dhotis with orange-yellow shawls and play a long brass horn and a wind instrument, while a man in a maroon shirt and dhoti plays a nadaswaram-style pipe. Nearby a drummer beats a drum. Two tall ornate saffron-and-gold ceremonial banners rise above the crowd, and red-and-orange flags fly on the left. In the foreground a red Massey Ferguson tractor decorated with pink and white flower garlands leads the procession. Brick walls, a few multi-storey buildings and hills stand in the background under a hazy sky.2011-07-15October 06 20112011-10-06 +2 copies