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Night procession with two performers in tall white bull-headed masks with black horns, wearing white cloth with red and magenta skirts, dancing in the street. Behind them a crowd of men stands watching, including a man in a blue shirt and another in a light blue striped shirt with an orange cloth, one holding a drum. A large decorated chariot or ratha with red, yellow and blue woven panels and tassels stands in the background, and a figure in ornate gold headgear appears at the right edge. Tents and a red backdrop surround the scene.

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December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession outdoors at a festival. Several large white bull figures with painted faces, horns and red, purple and orange fabric draped over their bodies are carried or worn by performers in the foreground. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk among them, and a crowd of onlookers stands behind under strong white floodlights. Two ornate, multicoloured decorated palanquin-style carriages with pointed domes and tassels stand in the background beside a red tent and string lights. A man in a white shirt stands at left.2016-12-23Night procession outdoors in front of a temple. In the foreground two large white bull figures with horns, draped in white cloth and green sashes, are carried or moved forward by people in white garments. Behind them a decorated palanquin-style canopy with red, yellow and blue panels stands above the crowd. Several onlookers in white shirts and dhotis watch, and women in colourful saris and jewellery stand at right, one holding a long staff. String lights decorate a tree at upper right. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this view.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession in a South Indian village street. Two performers wear large white bull masks with black curved horns, red and gold trim and white cloth bodies, one with a red and yellow headdress. Behind them stands a colourful decorated ratha-style structure with pennants and garlands. Onlookers in white dhotis, a man with a pink cap and a man with a garland stand along the path, and a bright light illuminates the scene.2016-12-23Night procession at a festival. In the foreground stands a large white papier-mache bull figure with black-tipped horns, a painted red eye, a decorated collar and a green-and-gold cloth draped on its back, carried or moved forward. Behind it are two ornate ratha or palanquin structures with colourful striped and patterned fabric panels, red, yellow and green trim, and fringed canopies. Several men in white and orange clothing and head cloths stand in the background crowd, some holding drums, watching the procession under the dark sky.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23