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A photograph of a ritual scene on a boat or ferry deck, rotated sideways. A shaved-headed person in saffron robes kneels or bows, hands pressed together, beside a silver ceremonial trident-like staff topped with a trident finial. Several people in saffron and orange clothing wear bright blue and orange life vests, and women in white and red stand nearby with folded hands. Blue and white water and a blurred harbour appear through the open side. Metal cables and a dark speaker stand are visible at the left.

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December 20 20132013-12-20A photograph taken from the stern of a covered motorboat cruising across open water toward a distant harbour skyline. Passengers in orange and red life vests sit along the benches, including a child in the lower left and women in white and saffron. Several monastics in saffron robes, some with shaved heads, sit near the bow, and one person at the bow adjusts a rope. Two ceremonial silver staffs with axe-like finials stand upright in the foreground, and white wake trails behind the vessel.2013-12-20December 20 20132013-12-20A covered motorboat carries a group of devotees across open water toward a harbour with white yachts and boats. Several people wear orange and blue life jackets over saffron and orange robes. A shaved-headed man in an orange-brown robe sits near the bow with his back to the camera, and a woman in a white top and orange life jacket sits beside him. Silver ceremonial staffs topped with an axe-like finial and a trident-shaped spike stand upright at the sides of the boat. Passengers in white and red garments sit along the benches, and a brass bell and small metal vessel rest on the floor.2013-12-20December 20 20132013-12-20A photograph taken from the stern of a small open boat with a white canopy, cruising over greenish water with a white wake. Around a dozen people sit crowded along the benches, most wearing orange or blue life jackets. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis sit in front, one holding a long ceremonial staff topped with a silver trident-like finial. A bald man in saffron-orange robes sits in the middle, and a woman in an orange life vest stands at the bow near a coiled rope. Women in orange and red saris sit on the right. A red buoy floats in the distance. No one in the boat can be confidently identified as a person from appearance alone.2013-12-20A photograph taken aboard an open motorboat on choppy blue-green water, with a white canopy overhead and a white wake churning behind. Several passengers in orange life vests sit along the benches. Near the bow, a person in an orange top and dark sunglasses smiles and looks back toward the group. A bald man in rust-orange robes sits on the right, and a woman in a dark red top sits beside him. Men in white ritual clothes sit on the left, one wearing a blue vest. Two silver tridents with long shafts stand upright on either side of the boat. Harbour buildings and a red navigation marker are visible on the distant shore. A speaker sits on the deck in the foreground.2013-12-20December 20 20132013-12-20December 20 20132013-12-20A photograph taken from the stern of a covered motorboat moving across open water toward a distant shoreline with boats and buildings. Several people sit on the benches wearing orange life jackets. In the foreground, a silver trident-topped staff and a silver ceremonial axe-like staff stand upright at the back of the boat. Among the passengers, a shaved-headed man in orange-brown robes sits in the centre, a second shaved-headed person in orange-brown robes sits on the right, and several people in white clothes and orange life jackets sit beside them. A woman in a blue life jacket and another in an orange life jacket sit near the bow. A black speaker sits on the deck.2013-12-20December 20 20132013-12-20A photograph taken aboard a small white boat with an open canopy, moving across choppy grey harbour water toward moored ships and a red navigation buoy. A woman seated at the bow wears a bright orange life jacket over a dark red robe, dark sunglasses, a rudraksha mala, and her dark hair pulled back, smiling as she speaks. Around her, several people in orange and red life vests sit in the boat, and one shaved-headed man in the foreground wears a saffron-red robe and rudraksha beads. Coils of blue rope and a wooden pole lie on the bow seat.2013-12-20