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Night-time outdoor ritual on a dirt ground. On the left, a decorated wooden cart with colourful cloth and a lit ornate structure carries a figure in orange robes beside a parasol-topped canopy. In the centre, several people in white clothes move across the ground near a raised lamp-lit platform. On the right, a line of people in white and orange clothing stands in front of a table draped in red and small umbrellas or canopies. Strong dark background with a few lamps and lights. Possible procession or ritual display; a figure in orange is visible but no face-based identification is made.

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