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December 16 2017

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Outdoor festival procession on a dusty open ground at dusk, with a crowd of roughly 40 people walking in a line. Drummers in front play a large drum, and a man in an orange shirt and white dhoti plays a horn-like instrument. Several men wear orange or saffron robes and shawls, while many women wear white saris, pink and red outfits. A tall parasol with orange and yellow panels and a decorated float or palanquin with orange and gold ornaments are visible in the background, beside a row of tents and banners.2009-01-02Outdoor procession on a dirt path with trees and a grassy hill behind. In the foreground, drummers carry large dhol-style drums with red and gold straps; a musician in a white shirt and white dhoti with red waist sash plays a long wind instrument. Several people wear orange saffron shawls and robes, including a woman in orange at left and a man in orange at right. Many others in white kurtas and dhotis, plus people in colourful salwar and saris, walk along the path under a grey overcast sky. No identifiable a person is clearly visible.2006-12-24 +1 copiesDecember 27 20092009-12-27December 22 20102010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22January 01 20122012-01-01December 23 20092009-12-23December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor procession on a dirt road with a large crowd of devotees following a decorated float carrying a deity murti under a canopy. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), beside another musician in a cream shirt and white dhoti playing a similar horn, and a drummer in white with a red cloth beating a large barrel drum. Several women in white and yellow saris and men in white dhotis walk with the crowd, some holding brass vessels or wearing yellow shawls and sandalwood or ash markings on their foreheads. Trees, low white buildings and a red-walled compound stand behind the procession under an overcast sky.2010-10-17A photograph of a procession on a dirt road beside a construction site under an overcast sky. Drummers in white dhotis and yellow or maroon cloths beat large drums in front. Behind them, men in white kurtas and dhotis and people in dark clothing walk beside a group carrying colourful ornate umbrellas on poles. A man in white in the centre holds a horn-like instrument. An orange and blue flag flies on a tall pole at right. Women in saris and men in dark shirts follow, with several dozen people visible in the crowd.2009-12-23October 17 20102010-10-17A procession moves along a dirt path under a cloth canopy strung with colourful pennants. In front, several drummers in white dhotis and shirts carry large barrel drums slung from their shoulders, one in a blue shirt and another in a plaid shirt. Behind them, a group of men in white and saffron or orange robes walk, with ceremonial umbrellas and decorated parasols in the background. Bamboo scaffolding, a construction site and flowering pink bougainvillea line the route.2008-04-19