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Night photograph of people sitting cross-legged in white clothing on raised circular earthen platforms set into bare ground, each ringed by ash-darkened charred edges, with thin upright poles and a strung wire behind them against a black sky. In the foreground a woman with blonde hair in a braid sits in a white top and white trousers, bare-footed, on a platform. Further back, a man in white sits on a platform, a man with grey hair and glasses wears white and sits with hands folded, and two more figures in white sit in the distance. The setting suggests a night meditation or fire ritual, though no fire is visibly burning. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable from appearance.

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Night-time outdoor scene on bare, dusty ground where five people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged in meditation on raised circular earthen platforms, each set in a shallow ash-dusted depression. A woman with long blonde hair in the foreground sits with bare feet on a platform; a grey-haired woman in a light beige top sits in the centre; a man in white sits on the right; two more white-clad figures sit at the far left. Two tall wooden poles with bright lights stand behind them against a dark sky, and a few scattered stones and a plastic bottle lie on the ground.2007-08-11Night photograph of meditation beside a dying fire pit on open ground. In the foreground, a man in white clothes sits cross-legged with eyes closed, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala and a bangle. Two more people in white, one with a white head covering, sit in meditation further back near ash-covered embers. A tall stack of logs stands at right and a faint figure stands at the far right edge. 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