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Night photograph of a Krishna Janmashtami game in an open sandy courtyard lit by a bright floodlight. In the foreground, several women dance or move barefoot in a line: one in a black top, one in a turquoise top with magenta trousers, one in a grey kurta, one in a black top, one in a pink top with black trousers, and one in a red top with maroon trousers. Behind them, a crowd of people in saffron and orange robes and white clothes sits and stands watching. On the right, a decorated ornate seat or palanquin with flower garlands is set up, and a red multi-storey building stands in the background. Two wide visible figures cannot be counted precisely.

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