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Night procession in a smoky outdoor setting. A man stands centre-left wearing a red-and-gold shawl, a garland of white and red flowers, layered gold necklaces, bangles and a leopard-print waistcloth, with a red-and-gold headband and a bindi, hands pressed to his chest. Beside him a priest in a red-orange dhoti and shawl with gold beads and white ash stripes on his arms holds a flaming oil lamp aloft in a clay dish. Behind them a silver umbrella with hanging leaf ornaments, a silver trident and a brocaded conical headdress appear, with other attendants in red-orange robes and brass horns in the background. Visible people are roughly six to twenty.

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