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Several men perform traditional drumming at an outdoor event on a red earthen ground. They sit bare-chested in white dhotis, wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and some with orange/red wrist threads, playing large barrel-shaped drums with curved sticks and a pair of small hand cymbals. Behind them, onlookers stand, including a woman in a green sari and a figure in a red-orange garment, with a blue cloth draped over one drummer's shoulder. No a person candidate is visibly present.

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