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Outdoor photo at a roadside Thaipusam-style food distribution in Malaysia, with a white tent, a blue plastic drum and a red-and-yellow patterned pillar in the foreground. Four people stand on a paved road holding metal trays: a woman in a white apron and head net holds a tray of fried snacks, a woman in a green-and-orange sari holds a tray of bananas and fruit, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border holds a tray of yellow marigold garlands and fruit, and a man in a white apron and head net holds a tray of food. Another woman in white stands behind them. Volunteers in green vests and tall buildings appear in the background.

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