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A night photograph of a large temporary pavilion with a translucent white fabric wall and a thatched or reed-covered roof edge, lit from inside. A short flight of steps leads to a central entrance decorated with a garland-wrapped golden frame. A paved path runs from a red lattice gate across a lawn lined with trimmed shrubs and a pink flowering bush in the lower right, beside a low yellow-ochre compound wall. No people are visible.

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