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A dirt path lined with palm trees and leafy shrubs leads a procession toward the camera. In front, two performers wear tall decorated headdresses with pink and white crests, green and orange tops, and bead-trimmed skirts, carrying small items in their hands. Behind them walk men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls, and a drummer on the left plays a large drum with an orange cloth. Festive white and blue bunting is strung across the path, and ornate multi-coloured canopies or palanquin-like structures appear in the background.

A photograph of a procession on a dirt ground in front of a white-walled building and trees, with bunting strung overhead. Several large canopies with red, orange and blue panels and gold finials are carried on poles above the group. Many men and women in white dhotis, kurtas and saris walk in the procession, with orange shawls among them. Drummers in front play drums held at the waist, and a man in white with a rudraksha-style mala leads a pair of shoulder-carried poles topped with ornate silver finials. A cameraman filming in the centre. No figure in the procession is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.

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A photograph of a festival procession on a dusty sandy ground under bright sunlight. Men in white dhotis and white shirts play drums and wind instruments, including a tall curved horn and a drum with a red cloth cover, while marching forward. Some musicians wear orange and green garments. Behind them, a crowd walks past colourful flags and decorated poles, a red-roofed building and a tall bamboo scaffold with pink and blue cloth. Several people in the crowd wear garlands. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the procession.

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A procession moves across a dirt courtyard in front of a white building and trees hung with festive bunting. Several decorated parasols, orange, blue and red with gold trim, are carried overhead. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk with drummers beating barrel drums, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border walks at the front. A man in an orange cloth sash stands among them. Many participants are visible, some carrying garlands and small instruments, and an onlooker stands at the left edge.

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A village procession on a dusty dirt road with a crowd of people behind. In the foreground, several drummers in yellow and orange-patterned folk costumes, with yellow headcloths and bare chests, play large silver-shelled drums with sticks. Green and yellow tassels hang from their drums and arms. On the right, a man in a yellow kurta with a red waist sash and a red headcloth stands watching. Behind them, devotees in white and pink clothes walk among trees, and a red and gold ceremonial banner hangs at the left edge.

A photograph of a procession on a dirt path lined with trees, with blue and white bunting strung overhead and a tent and dome structure behind. Two drummers in white dhotis lead the group: the man on the left beats a drum held in front of him, and a woman in an orange-brown sari plays a wind instrument while a man in white dhoti and shirt plays a long horn. Several men in white shirts and dhotis follow, some holding umbrella-like ceremonial parasols in orange, red and blue. A small child in a checked shirt watches from the left edge, and men in light shirts walk in the foreground on the right.

A procession of drummers and musicians walks along a dirt path lined with palm trees, flowering hibiscus and a thatched hut. Several men in front play large hand drums, including a drummer in a yellow dhoti and a man in a blue shirt carrying a drum on a strap. Behind them, a group in white dhotis and shirts, many wearing lanyards, carries horns and wind instruments. Two striped umbrellas in red, yellow and blue are held above the group. A red and white painted wall runs along the left side.

Outdoor procession on a dirt road at an ashram-like compound with low white buildings and water tanks. A long line of men in white dhotis and white shirts plays large barrel drums, with orange and saffron shoulder cloths and red-and-orange sashes. Some drummers wear lavender dhotis. Saffron flags flutter in the background, and a few people walk along the road. Strong sunlight casts long shadows across the dirt.