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Dense street procession in a crowded Indian town market, photographed from an elevated angle. Large multicolored parasols with floral and geometric patterns rise above the crowd, including a yellow-and-red umbrella and a blue-and-green one. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis, plus others in pastel shirts, walk closely packed. Women in blue and green saris carry brass pots topped with orange flowers and coconuts on their heads, while a decorated animal with garlands moves in the procession. Shopfronts line the street, one with a sign in Kannada script, and a motorcycle-filled roadside. Uniformed police officers are visible among the crowd.

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