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A group of about a dozen people rest on large boulders beside a fast-flowing mountain stream lined with tall conifers and steep forested slopes. Most wear saffron-orange garments and shawls; a few men in white or dark clothing stand or sit among them. Some sit on rocks at the water's edge, one bends forward near the stream, and others stand on the rocky bank in a relaxed group. The scene reads as a pause during a mountain trek in a Himalayan valley.