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A long row of men sits cross-legged on a bare dirt floor under a green tarpaulin tent with a corrugated metal wall at right. Each seated man has a white plastic plate, a cup and a water bottle in front of him. Nearest the camera a man in a lavender checked shirt with a red strap and dark apron-like cloth looks toward the lens, another wears a grey hooded sweatshirt, and others wear striped and white kurtas or orange-saffron shawls. Saffron and white cloths hang on the tent wall. Several men in the background are also seated along the line.

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