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Outdoor scene on bare reddish-brown earth under a heavy grey sky. A red metal pulley frame holds a rope with a terracotta pot hanging from it, and water spills from the pot. Several men in white and off-white dhoti-style clothing, some with yellow sashes, carry red and orange buckets and splash water on one another, while others stand around laughing. A bald man in a saffron-orange robe stands at left, a man in an orange shirt and plaid trousers stands at centre-right, and a man in a lavender shirt with a yellow sash pours water from a bucket. Trees and utility poles stand in the background.

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