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A photograph of an outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees and small tiled-roof buildings. Two barefoot men in white dhotis with gold borders carry a large figure on a wooden pole across their shoulders. The figure is a tall effigy with a black body, an orange cloth draped behind it, a yellow marigold garland around its neck, and a grey elephant-headed head with red eyes. A third man in white walks behind the pole, and a few more people stand in the distance along the road. Blue sky and coconut trees fill the background.

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