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A procession moves along a dirt road past orange-roofed buildings and banana plants. Two striped multicolour umbrellas and a saffron-and-gold banner on a pole are carried at the front. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, some with rudraksha-style neck beads. A drummer in a white shirt and yellow lungi beats a barrel drum, and another drummer in the foreground wears a striped shirt and yellow lungi. A man in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair walks in the centre, and a few others in saffron and orange robes follow. Lines of people in white stand along the route. A white canopy and tall banana leaves frame the right side. A person is clearly visible but no appearance-based a person cue is distinctive enough to confirm identity.

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