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A photograph of an outdoor Holi celebration in a dusty courtyard lined by a concrete wall and palm trees. Many devotees are covered in bright purple, pink, green and blue powder, some wearing wet dhotis and saris. Colourful balloons in pink, red, green and white hang on a central wooden pole, and a man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at right, holding a hose and spraying water. A crowd of onlookers in white clothes stands behind, and parked cars and auto-rickshaws sit beyond the wall. No individual is identifiable as a person in this crowd scene.

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