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Outdoor event at dusk on a dirt ground with a red carpet runner. A large canopy with striped red, purple and green fabric and floral garlands stands in the centre, with several people in white ritual clothes and white dhotis around it. In the foreground, men in shirts and trousers stand talking, a woman in white salwar stands beside a young girl in a white top, and a boy in a white t-shirt stands at right. Strings of flags and bunting run across the scene, with a multi-storey building, power poles and trees behind. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible, so no appearance-based identification is made.

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