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A photograph of an outdoor sports game on a dusty ground beside a bamboo fence and trees at dusk. In the foreground a bare-chested, shaved-headed man in white dhoti with red border runs barefoot to the left. Behind him a woman in a white sari with a light border walks at the left edge. A second shaved-headed man in white dhoti and orange-gold waist cloth stands smiling beside a metal table, with a small child in a blue shirt and shorts reaching toward him. On the right a woman in white kurta and trousers bends forward. Plastic buckets in blue, beige, red and grey sit on the ground, and water bottles stand on the table.

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