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A photograph of a long procession marching along a road lined with palm trees, with a white van and trucks in the background. In the foreground, a smiling woman with curly blonde hair, wearing white clothes and a white scarf, carries a large banner reading GUADALOUPE with a blue, white and red flag. Beside her, a man holds a BELGIUM banner with black, yellow and red stripes. Behind them, men and women in white clothes carry national flags and banners for Sri Lanka, Spain, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Italy and Poland, along with white flags bearing a blue bird emblem. A man in a blue robe stands among the group.

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December 31 20052005-12-31A long procession of devotees in white clothes walks along a dirt shoulder beside a paved road, carrying national flags on poles and banners. Foreground men hold a large Indian tricolour flag with an Ashoka chakra and a banner reading INDIA, and a man in a white tracksuit with a red and yellow sleeve holds a German flag. Behind them, banners read U.S.A., BRAZIL, GREECE, SINGAPORE, SCOTLAND, BELGIUM, GUADALOUPE and SRI LANKA. Trucks, buses and a silver car pass on the road, with palm trees and roadside trees behind.2005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31A road procession moves along a paved highway lined with dry grass and palm trees under an overcast sky. Men in white dhotis and white shirts carry long banners and national flags, including Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Belgium, held aloft in a line. Drummers in white dhotis and striped shirts play large drums at the roadside, and a woman in white garments and a man in a blue jacket walk among them. A man in orange clothing carries an orange flag near the front. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figure is treated as unidentified.2005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31Outdoor street procession along a dirt-shouldered road lined with scrubby hillside, palm trees and low buildings. In the foreground, a line of devotees in white and cream clothing holds national flags including Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Philippines and others, and some carry blue-and-white banners. Behind them, a decorated vehicle with flower garlands and a white canopy follows, with a larger group of people in white robes, some in orange and saffron, walking along. Several onlookers stand by the roadside, and a man in a wheelchair sits at the edge of the crowd. Traffic including a yellow bus and trucks passes on the road.2005-12-31Outdoor street procession in a village with dusty road and shadows in bright daylight. In the foreground a woman in white sari-style wrap with a light shawl holds a banner reading GUADALOUPE with a green, white and red tricolour-like flag. Beside her a man in white kurta carries a BELGIUM banner with black, yellow and red stripes, and an AUSTRALIA banner with the Australian flag is held by a figure in white. Other participants in white clothing walk behind, some carrying saffron and white flags and a Sri Lankan flag. Shopfronts with signboards, palm trees and a multi-storey building line the street.2005-12-31Outdoor road procession on a paved roadside with dry grass fields and trees behind. Devotees in white clothes walk in a line carrying national flags: a large Singapore flag, a U.S.A. flag, a Germany banner with black, red and gold stripes, and a white-and-blue striped flag, plus several saffron/orange flags with a purple logo. A woman in white with a lanyard waves at left; a woman in a cream sari with a shoulder bag walks at right; a man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace holds the U.S.A. flag; a man in white holds the GERMANY banner in front. A white truck and other marchers are visible further back. Roughly ten to twelve people are visible.2005-12-31A dirt-road procession moves through open countryside toward a distant temple-like setting, with many people walking in white clothes. Foreground marchers carry national flags including Germany, U.S.A., Singapore, Scotland-style and Belgium-style flags, plus Poland and Guadeloupe flags, along with orange and blue-and-white banners. A woman in a cream sari with a brown border and a woman in a peach sari walk at the front left, and a boy in a green shirt stands among the marchers. Behind them, a decorated ratha or palanquin-like float and more devotees in white continue down the road, with red and white draped stalls and tents at the right edge and trees lining the route.2005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31December 31 20052005-12-31