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Night outdoor procession at a village setting. A figure in a leopard-print top over orange cloth sits on a white-and-red wooden cart bed with an orange cloth spread, facing a line of people with hands folded in greeting. Behind them, a gold-framed palanquin-like structure is decorated with layered red, yellow and orange garlands around a deity murti dressed in white. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a black shawl with a patterned skirt stand at the left edge, with children watching and a man in white shirt and dhoti nearby. A brass kalasha-style lamp and offerings sit on the cart. Approximately 8 physical people are visible.

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