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Outdoor homa at a white-brick fire pit under a tree. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl kneels at left, tending smoke rising from the pit. Centre, a long-haired man in an orange robe sits on a carved wooden seat before a microphone stand, holding a brass plate of offerings toward the fire. Another man in white with an orange shawl sits at right. A silver ritual vessel with a spout sits on the brick edge, with orange marigold petals scattered around the pit and a small brass lamp at lower right. A mat and cloth bundle lie behind. Visible people: four.

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