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A photograph of an initiation moment in a seated gathering. A shaved-headed young man in a white shirt sits with eyes closed while an older man in white, with a silver bracelet on his raised wrist, presses his palm on the young man's forehead and supports the back of his head. Other seated men in white clothes are visible behind them, some with hands raised to their own heads. The setting is dim, with white sheets or cloths on the floor. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance, and the people shown are devotees in white.

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