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Night photograph of five people seated in meditation on bare ground at a ritual site. Circular fire-pit beds of pale ash surround them. The foreground man wears white kurta and dhoti, a beaded mala necklace, a bangle and barefoot posture. Behind him sit a bald man in khaki clothing with a white blindfold, a man in white, a woman in white with a white head covering and blindfold, and a woman in white with light hair. Another figure in white stands in the far background. Dark sky and scattered lights.

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A night-time outdoor scene shows four people seated cross-legged on raised earthen platforms set into the ground, with ash-covered pits and small fire remnants around them. Each person wears white or cream clothing: the foreground woman has a white head covering and white garments, a man on the left wears cream robes and a necklace, a man at the back wears white, and a woman on the right wears white with a beaded necklace. A water bottle and a stack of logs sit on the ground at the right edge. They appear to be sitting in meditation.2007-08-11Night-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. 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