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December 25 20152015-12-25A night photograph against a nearly black sky shows a single glowing paper sky lantern rising in the dark. The lantern's pale yellow-white paper envelope is open at the bottom, with a bright orange flame burning inside its base. No people or deities are visible. A faint blurred light sits far below the lantern at lower right.2015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25Night-time outdoor photograph beside dense green shrubs and agave-like plants. A man in an orange sleeveless robe with a rudraksha mala and long swept-back dark hair walks centre-frame, looking down. Behind him a man in a white shirt and white trousers, with a red vermilion mark and a beaded necklace, holds a lit lantern high on a long pole. Further right a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shirt wears an orange shawl and a mala. A man in a yellow top and a partly visible head at the left edge complete the group. a person: the centre figure in orange robes, rudraksha mala and swept-back hair, walking in procession with attendants.2010-08-09Night photograph on a grassy lawn where a woman in a red and gold silk sari with a bindi holds a bright sparkler aloft in her outstretched right arm. Green-tinted smoke drifts across the left of the frame from fireworks or flares. In the foreground a person with hair pulled back in a dark top is seen from behind, and a second figure in pale clothing stands partly obscured in the smoke at left. Small debris and a few scattered items lie on the grass near the bottom right.2011-10-26A night-time outdoor photograph of a person in an orange top holding a lit oil lamp with flames extended toward the left frame. The person has long dark hair and is seated or standing close to the camera at the right edge. Behind, a woman in a white top and red-and-white scarf stands with her hands pressed together in front of her chest, and a man in a light jacket stands at left beside a wooden post with a hanging lamp. Several other people sit in the dark background, and a small purple and white hanging decoration is visible at top left.2005-12-19December 20 20112011-12-20Night photograph of an outdoor ritual beside dense green bamboo and leafy trees. A bare-chested man with a shaved head, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over his shoulders, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a white dhoti, holds a lit flame or arati lamp toward two blurred figures in the foreground. The flame flares bright orange against the darkness. The man has the appearance of a person, though his face is partly in profile and the image is dim. Watermarked archive photo credited to2015-11-24December 20 20112011-12-20October 21 20062006-10-21