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Outdoor festival crowd at a procession area with orange flags and decorated poles overhead. Men and women in white and orange clothing press close around a wooden pole frame of sugarcane stalks. A young man in a white shirt and orange shawl with a white forehead mark smiles at the centre. Beside him a woman in a green blouse holds her head, and a small child in a light dress is held by a woman. A man in white with sunglasses stands at left. Dusty ground, tents and a tractor appear in the background.

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Outdoor festival crowd on dry ground beneath orange saffron flags on poles. Many people press around a central figure with a white flower garland and a pale forehead mark, who holds or touches long wooden poles or carrying staffs. Nearby, a man in white with sunglasses and tilak marks, a young man in an orange saffron shawl with a white forehead mark, and women in saffron and green, plus others in white, crowd closely. A white cloth bundle is held at the lower left. Tent structures and colourful banners appear in the background.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25A crowded outdoor procession with many people in white shirts and orange shawls. Several orange flags with a circular emblem are raised, and a large trident stands upright at right. Men in front carry long bundles of sugarcane across their shoulders. A young man at left with a vertical tilak and a woman holding a small child in a yellow outfit appear in the crowd. A woman in the centre wears a white and green flower garland over an orange shawl, and a woman at lower right wears glasses and an orange shawl with a white shirt. Ceremonial umbrellas and parasols with fringe edges are visible in the background under a dry, sandy sky.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor festival procession crowded with devotees under orange flags. A man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a white and saffron-green flower garland and an orange robe stands at centre, smiling, his hands near a white cloth and three dark wooden poles held by devotees. Nearby, a woman in a light blue shawl holds an infant, and a man in white wears dark glasses. Orange-clad men in saffron shawls stand around, and a trident-like staff rises at right. The centre figure has distinctive long hair and saffron clothing, so the appearance-based label is Swamiji (probable).2007-12-25Outdoor procession with saffron flags and decorated umbrellas over a dusty field. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron shawl, a white-and-orange flower garland and a white dhoti, while devotees in white shirts and saffron shawls crowd around him. A woman in a teal sari holds a small child at left. At right, a man in glasses and a saffron shawl walks beside a long wooden pole carried on the shoulders of attendants, with a metal trident-like ornament on a pole above. Crowded procession scene.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor festival procession with many people crowded together under a clear sky. Orange saffron flags on tall poles rise behind the crowd, and a decorated ceremonial pole with a metal trident-like finial stands at right. Around him, a woman in a white top and orange shawl and a younger man in white lift long bamboo poles draped with white cloth. At lower left a young girl in a light blue dress with a child on her hip watches. A woman in dark-framed glasses and an orange shawl stands at lower right, and several men in white shirts and orange scarves surround the group.2007-12-25