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Evening ritual in a hall with a large fire lit in a metal fire pit or lamp stand. A standing man with long, swept-back hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap and holds a small metal vessel in one hand while raising the other arm toward the flame. Beside him, a younger man in orange cloth with a dark cord looks toward the fire, and a seated man in orange sits at left. Several seated people in white and orange clothing are visible in the background near a person playing a stringed instrument. A woven orange banner hangs on the left and right walls and a large circular decorative piece is on the wall behind. Visible people: about five.

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