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Outdoor event on bare sandy ground under a pale sky. A woman in white with a yellow sash stands in splashing water, pouring liquid from a metal pot at the centre, while people in white kurtas with yellow sashes and a bald man in white with a red sash on the right gather around. Blue plastic drums sit to the left, and two multicoloured umbrellas, a pink-and-white canopy and a clay pot hang from a rope above the scene. Several other people in white and blue stand behind a banner and a blue signboard. A camera operator is visible in the lower left, and a partial head is in the lower right. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.

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