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Outdoor festival photo of women performing a pot-balancing dance on a dirt ground. Three women carry tall decorated pots (karagam-style) on their heads, wrapped in pink and green tinsel with white flower motifs and red-and-green plumed tops. The woman at centre wears a magenta sari with gold border; the woman at right wears a yellow sari with gold border and has a long braid decorated with white jasmine flowers; the woman at left wears an orange sari with white flowers in her hair. A large crowd of people, many in white and saffron clothing, sits and stands watching behind them in front of a green-roofed red building. A child in green stands near the dancers.

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