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A dense crowd of men, women and children walks down a village street past a blue-painted building with a red-and-yellow signboard and a terracotta-tiled roof. Many men wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers; a woman in a red saree and a girl in orange stand nearby. Several people carry round brass trays of green leaves and offerings, and one man in a light olive shirt leads near the centre. Faces are shown in close foreground, a man in a pink-and-white checked shirt in the lower left. The scene suggests a procession or ceremonial walk through a town.

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A dense crowd of men, women and young people moves along a street in daylight, packed shoulder to shoulder. In the foreground a man with a thick moustache wears a pale blue collared shirt, and beside him a young man in a grey-and-white checked shirt looks ahead. A young woman in the lower left wears a pink top and gold necklace. Behind them a man in white shirt holds a metal plate of offerings. A blue painted wall with Tamil lettering and a red-tiled roof form the backdrop. No individual can be identified as a person from the visible appearance.2006-11-13A crowded street procession in a small town, with many people walking closely together past a blue-painted building with white Tamil-script lettering and a red-tiled roof. In the foreground, a young man with short hair and a moustache is in a checked shirt. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a woven tray of green leafy offerings on his head, and a woman in an orange sari carries a similar tray. 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