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A large outdoor procession moves along a dusty unpaved road between a red-and-white draped fabric wall on the left and a red-earth embankment with rock on the right. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts crowd the road, several wearing saffron or orange shawls and garlands. Drummers in dark blue uniforms carry large drums, and a decorated ratha or chariot with red and yellow canopy and ornaments rolls in the distance. Some participants raise their hands and clap. Several young boys and a few older men stand along the edge. The crowd appears to number well over twenty people.

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