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Outdoor photograph of a fire-walking ritual beside a palm grove. A long, raked bed of grey-black embers runs across the foreground, and a child in a pink dress is being carried across it by a man in white dhoti and shirt. Behind them, a richly decorated palanquin with a red and gold canopy, floral garlands and a sacred figure inside stands near a tall ornamented pole. Several men in white ritual clothes stand around the pit; one in an orange-saffron cloth holds a drum. Orange flags flutter at left, and a crowd of devotees in white and yellow saris and white shirts fills the scene.

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December 30th 20072007-12-30December 30th 20072007-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30 20072007-12-30December 30th 20072007-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30 20072007-12-30 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a fire-walking rite at a festival procession. In the centre, a barefoot woman in white dress with an orange shawl and a beaded necklace walks across a strip of glowing grey embers in a shallow trench. Around her, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some with orange shawls, stand close, and drummers on the left and right play drums with ropes and colourful cloth. Behind them are bamboo poles, orange flags and a decorated festival float with garlands and a colourful canopy. Several people in the crowd are visible, many clustered and some partially seen at the edges.2007-12-30 +1 copiesOutdoor festival procession on a palm-lined dirt path. Large orange ceremonial flags on poles stand at left, and a large gold fan-shaped ceremonial umbrella is visible. Behind the crowd, a decorated ratha with a red-and-white canopy and a tall ornamental pillar is set among palm trees. A crowd of many men and women in white dhotis and white saris moves forward, with many people wearing rudraksha malas and ID lanyards. Drummers in the foreground play large drums. A barefoot man in a white dhoti and a saffron-orange shawl walks through a wet strip of ground near the centre, and a woman in white with a red bindi and a blue lanyard smiles at the foreground. Multiple people are visible, with a crowd extending into the background.2007-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30 20072007-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30th 20072007-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30 20072007-12-30A crowd of devotees dressed in white cloth gathers along a dirt path lined with tall bamboo poles and palm trees, with orange flags and a decorated shrine with flower garlands in the background. In the centre, a man in white shirt and dhoti stands with hands joined in namaskar, while a drummer in a plaid shirt plays drums and a man beside him holds a long brass horn. A man at left holds a small child in pink clothing. Several attendees wear white clothes with lanyards and badges, and a woman in a patterned sari stands at right.2007-12-30December 30th 20072007-12-30 +1 copies