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A photograph of a burning offering on green grass. A white husked coconut or similar ritual offering sits on the lawn with orange flames and smoke rising from it, and small white grains or petals are scattered around. Scattered yellow flowers lie on the grass in the upper right, and a faint dark patch lies at the top left. No people are visible.

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August 28 20112011-08-28A photograph of a burning bundle of dry palm fronds and wooden sticks lying on the ground beside a dirt path and grass. Bright orange flames and grey smoke rise from the fire, with blackened ash on the concrete edge. No people are visible in the scene.2012-10-10August 28 20112011-08-28 +1 copiesNovember 02 20132013-11-02August 24 20142014-08-24July 11 20122012-07-11A homa fire pit lined with red brick and edged in yellow-painted bricks sits on green grass. Flames and glowing embers rise around a white cloth bundle marked with red powder at its centre. At the left, a hand pours liquid from a silver ritual vessel with a spouted handle and decorated rim into the fire. Yellow marigold flowers lie at the edges. No people are visible beyond the pouring hand, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2014-05-21October 10 20122012-10-10July 03 20122012-07-03March 02 20162016-03-02Close view of a fire pit in which flames rise high and bright orange around a bundle of dry wood and a dark object wrapped with yellow flowers. Thick smoke drifts across the frame, and cut wooden logs are tied with rope on the right. No people are visible in the frame.2013-10-08A night photograph of a large burning effigy tied to a bamboo frame, with flames rising high from its upper body. The figure wears white clothing and stands on sandy ground against a dark background. No readable names or ritual details beyond the burning structure are clearly visible. The effigy is a dummy or figure, not a living person, and no one is clearly visible as a physical participant in the scene.2016-03-02