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A photograph of a village street lined with low tiled-roof houses, palm trees and overhead utility wires under a clear blue sky. Along the street, several decorated raised platforms or floats are draped with marigold garlands, yellow and red flowers and strings of yellow triangular pennant flags. The nearest float has a painted blue and white panel with a fish-like figure, and red chairs are set on its platform; two people sit there, one in white. Several people walk along the road in white dhotis and shirts, and others in orange and saffron clothing stand near shops and balconies. The scene is a festive street procession in a town, with shops selling clothes on the right.

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An elevated view of a crowded village street during a procession. Multiple decorated chariots or palanquins with colourful umbrella-like canopies and draped fabric move down the road, pulled and accompanied by a large crowd. Men in white dhotis and shirts and some in saffron cloth walk near the carts, while women in colourful saris and onlookers line the street, with yellow pennant bunting strung across the lane. Two-storey whitewashed buildings with ornate deity figures on balconies frame the scene, with palm trees and tiled roofs beyond. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no identity is asserted.2007-02-02A festival procession winds through a narrow town street lined with low tiled-roof houses and hanging yellow and orange marigold garlands. Two large white pyramid-roofed canopies sit on decorated carts or ratha-style platforms, their edges trimmed with white fringe and strung with flower garlands in yellow and pink. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk beside and climb onto the platforms, and a multicoloured umbrella stands on the foreground cart. Spectators in white and colourful saris crowd the roadside. An orange banner with a painted kalasha-style design runs along the lower edge. Bright midday light and dense crowd suggest a religious procession rather than a private ritual.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02A photograph from above of a village street procession. Dozens of people in white clothes walk along a dusty road lined with small shops and tiled-roof houses. Several large colourful umbrellas with orange, red, blue and green panels and gold trim are carried over a central group, and a white-covered palanquin or float with a blue Om symbol on its side is pulled at the lower right. Yellow pennant flags are strung across the street and above the buildings. Spectators stand on balconies and along the roadside.2007-02-02A photograph taken from an elevated vantage point looking down a narrow village street lined with pale multi-storey buildings and terracotta roofs. A dense procession of many people, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts alongside women in pink, orange and red saris, moves along the road. Yellow and green triangular bunting strings hang across the street. At the far end, a decorated float or ratha with a white canopy and floral garlands is carried forward. Several people in the foreground carry white and yellow bags. A motorcycle is parked at the lower right.2007-02-02Aerial view of a dense procession moving down a narrow village street lined with houses and shops. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha-style neck beads walk in the crowd, while women in colourful saris and salwar kameez stand along the edges. Yellow bunting and flags strung across the street and decorated carts or ratha-like floats with flowers and yellow cloth are visible ahead. A small temple shrine with carved deity figures sits on a building at left, and a few people watch from the rooftops and doorways.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02A photograph taken from an elevated vantage point of a dense crowd filling a narrow village street during a procession in a small Indian town. Many men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and several women wear saris in pink, green, red and purple. Drummers in the front carry barrel drums and beat them as they walk. Behind them a decorated chariot or float with a canopy is visible further up the street. Yellow and green triangular bunting strings run across the street and over shopfronts. On the left, a pink building has a painted decorated temple facade with carved shrines and deity figures. Roofs are terracotta tiled and palm trees rise behind the buildings under a clear blue sky.2007-02-02Aerial view of a street procession in a town, with a white-canopied palanquin carried along a narrow road lined with onlookers. Four large umbrellas in orange, green, blue and yellow with peacock-style motifs shade the palanquin. Men in white dhotis and orange-robed attendants walk alongside, and a seated figure in orange robes sits within the palanquin. Yellow and orange marigold garlands and yellow bunting decorate the route, and a decorated ratha stands in the background among crowds of devotees in white, blue and pink clothing.2007-02-02