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Close-up photograph of the legs and lower body of a large silver elephant figure used in a procession. Ornately embossed silver caparison with leaf and floral relief panels drapes over its back and flank. Thick silver leg bands with ridged rings encircle the lower legs, and the feet end in silver hooves. A wooden pole leans against a plain brick wall on the left, and a small brick and scattered debris lie on a bare concrete floor. No people are visible.

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