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December 23 20082008-12-23January 13 20152015-01-13A 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.2015-01-13Outdoor evening procession on a dirt road with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white saris, many with yellow sashes. Drummers in front play large drums, and musicians blow long brass horns. Behind them, a decorated ratha-style chariot with a golden crest and ornate panels in red and gold moves under multicoloured ceremonial umbrellas and pennants. Several devotees carry orange and red flags. Low buildings and a hazy sky are in the background. No identifiable a person is visible in this image.2010-02-12Outdoor photograph of a procession on a dusty red dirt road at dusk. Many people in white dhotis and saris walk behind a decorated chariot-style float topped with a golden structure and colourful canopies with jewel-toned fringes. A drummer in a red shirt with a green-and-red drum slung at his hip walks in the foreground, and a man in a blue shirt and orange dhoti plays a horn beside him. Orange-robed participants walk among the crowd, and blue portable toilet units and trees stand in the background.2010-02-12December 31 20082008-12-31A photograph of a procession on a dusty dirt road under a hazy sky, with leafy trees and a low building at the edge. Several large colourful canopy umbrellas with orange, green and blue panels are carried above the group. Men in white dhotis and white shirts walk at the front, one carrying a tall orange banner on a pole, and two men beat drums. Behind them, many men and women in white and saffron-coloured clothes walk in a long line, some holding flowers. The scene depicts a ritual street procession.2006-12-30Outdoor procession on a dusty open ground with a row of people walking in white dhotis and shirts, many wearing rudraksha-style necklaces. Drummers in the foreground play a barrel drum and a patterned drum, a man in a striped shirt holds cymbals, and a sunshade-style canopy and decorated ratha or palanquin with orange and yellow cloths move at the center. Tall flagpoles and a metal pole stand against a plain sky, with sheds and water tanks behind. Several people carry orange and yellow umbrellas. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance in this crowd.2009-12-27A procession moves along a dusty dirt road on a hazy, bright day. At the front, a drummer in white dhoti and a dark shirt beats a large drum, followed by men in white dhotis and shirts carrying trishul-tipped staffs and tall poles. Several colourful multi-coloured canopy umbrellas, in red, blue, orange and yellow, are held aloft by men in white. Behind them a larger crowd of people in white and in saris walks past simple thatched buildings and a wooden signboard at right, with a utility wire overhead.2006-12-29December 23 20082008-12-23December 28 20062006-12-28A photograph of a large outdoor religious procession moving along a dusty red dirt road under bright sunlight. Many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts or saris walk in dense rows, some holding brass trays of bananas, fruit and offerings, and others playing drums and wind instruments. Several people carry large ornate umbrellas in orange, red and white with fringes. Saffron and orange flags fly along the roadside, and a pink draped canopy stands at left beside leafy trees, with a dirt embankment at right. A devotee in a blue shirt with a tilak on his forehead walks in the foreground. Numerous people, roughly in the dozens, fill the scene.2008-12-31