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Outdoor procession on a dirt road during a festival. Several umbrellas in multicoloured panels with gold fringe and bird motifs shade a crowd. A drummer in a blue shirt and white dhoti, with a yellow head cloth, plays a large drum at left. Two men in red tunics with yellow waist sashes and white dhotis dance energetically in the foreground, one leaping with arms out. Behind them, several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stand in the crowd. A central figure wears a white turban and a white-and-orange floral garland, and a man at right in saffron holds a tall staff. A man in red is lifted up above the crowd. Women in white saris and men in white clothes stand among the onlookers. Speakers are visible in the background.

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