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An outdoor food-preparation area under a long canopy strung with multicoloured bunting. Several women in white or cream saris with hairnets are seated on blue tarpaulins, working over large steel pots and vessels. A woman in a yellow floral sari bends forward at the front, and a woman in a red blouse and white sari stands at right beside a woman in a teal sari. A man in a white shirt and a man in a grey shirt stand among them. Palm trees and a grassy plot lie beyond the canopy, with a few distant figures visible.

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January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food-preparation tent with a canopy and palm trees behind. Many volunteers in white or light head caps and aprons work at long tables and large steel pots, serving and sorting vegetables. A woman in an orange sari with a yellow-and-white shawl stands at left, a woman in a teal blouse and red sari stands center, and a woman in white sari with a yellow bag stands at right. A man in a checked lungi and white shirt stands near the center. Plates of food and white sacks lie on the ground in the foreground, with a blue bucket at left.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A large open-sided relief kitchen under a tarpaulin roof on bare ground, serving cyclone-relief annadaan in Kuttiyankuppam village. Volunteers in white head caps and aprons stir big metal pots over fires and tend steaming cooking vessels on blue tarps. A man in the foreground leans over a wide steel pot stirring cooked vegetables. Other workers in white shirts and dhotis stand among stacked grain sacks, plastic buckets and orange plastic chairs, while women in colourful saris sit on tarps at the right. The scene includes bamboo supports and a row of red and white striped cloth in the background.2012-01-06Volunteers pack food in a large outdoor annadan line under a striped canopy. Women in white and cream saris and hairnets stand at a steel vessel of yellow rice, using gloves to portion it into aluminium foil packets, while a man in a navy top and grey trousers works at a table nearby. Stacked cartons and water containers sit behind them, with a small propane cylinder and stove on the right. The scene is a practical food-distribution service rather than a formal ceremony.2012-01-04An outdoor food service under large colourful striped and patterned canopy tents, with palm trees behind. Volunteers in white clothing and light green or blue head caps serve food. A woman in a white sari with a tied head covering stirs a large black cooking pot on the ground, while others sit on orange plastic chairs at tables holding steel plates and trays. Steel pots and buckets sit nearby on the right, and a few people in white dhotis and shirts move around the food stations. This appears to be an annadhan food distribution. No person in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-01-04