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A large seated gathering in a wood-panelled hall with yellow-cream acoustic panels. Rows of devotees sit on a purple cloth with folded hands in prayer, many in orange, rust and saffron robes, others in white with orange shawls. Brass and steel plates of food, small cups and water bottles are set before them. A video camera on a tripod stands at the left edge, and a woman in white with an orange shawl sits at the front centre. Several bald men in orange robes kneel in the foreground near the centre-right. No one is clearly identifiable as a person, so the figures are described by role only.

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