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A festival procession on a dusty roadside in India, with a decorated ratha-style palanquin at left draped in red velvet, gold fringe, green and red tassels and garlands of orange marigolds. A seated figure at left wears a maroon turban, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace of heavy gold and dark beads, and bangles, and reaches toward the flower-covered cushion. Beside him a man in a white dhoti and white shawl with gold border and a gold pendant necklace stands with eyeglasses. Behind them, men in white and saffron-red sashes and beaded malas stand among red ceremonial flags and a red-and-gold parasol. Several onlookers and attendants fill the crowd, and a woman in white and red at right wears a red-bordered sari. The label 'a person' is not applied here; the seated figure's cues are a turban, beads and jewellery, but the image does not clearly establish identity, so the description uses roles only.

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