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Night-time outdoor scene on a dusty ground beneath a flowering tree with pale blossoms and green leaves. Two men in white dhotis and shirts play instruments in the foreground: the left one holds a long brass wind instrument (nadaswaram-style) and the centre man in white strikes a barrel drum with a stick. A man in an orange-and-white garment plays a second drum at the bottom edge. Behind them a loose group of people in maroon and red traditional clothes, some in white and blue, walk and gather in the dark. An elderly man's bald head is partly visible at the lower left edge. Dark trees and parked vehicles fill the background.

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