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A dense street procession through a crowded Indian town lane lined with shops and buildings. Decorated carts with yellow and red canopies and gold-trimmed structures move down the road, one with a large drum visible in the lower left foreground. A man in an orange kurta walks near the front of the procession among many onlookers, police in khaki uniforms guiding the crowd, and many people in mixed attire, including women in saris and salwar kameez, press along both sides. Hanging banners and signboards advertise jewellers and businesses, and orange flags hang from upper balconies. A dark-haired man in an orange kurta is prominent beside the carts, but no clear identity is established from appearance.

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