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A night procession on a dirt ground in front of a white building with a corrugated metal awning and a street lamp. Several people in white clothes walk together, some carrying lit lamps or torches. Multicolored umbrellas with fringed edges, in orange, blue, green and yellow, are held aloft above the group. A large decorated arch or shrine with a painted figure stands at the right edge. A few people wear dark shirts with a small circular emblem. The scene is dark, with the crowd lit mainly by lamps and light from the lamp post.

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