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A photograph taken indoors during a ritual setting. A man in a dark green knit sweater and wire-rimmed glasses lights a small oil lamp held in his right hand, bending over a brass multi-wick lamp stand with several lit flames. Beside him a woman in a white shawl with a small round pendant and rimless glasses watches the lamp. Bright studio lights and plastic sheeting are visible behind them, and a small gold and red decorative object sits in the lower right.

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