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Outdoor photo of a flag-hoisting ceremony in a village open space under a pale sky with palm trees and a few trees behind. A tall white flagpole stands centre-frame; a woman in an orange sari with a white and pink flower garland is pulling its rope, while a man in white shirt and dhoti stands beside it. Around them a crowd of men and women in white, orange scarves and saris watches, several with hands joined in greeting. A man at left raises a camera and wears an orange scarf. Roughly thirty people are visible.

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