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A street procession of many women walking in a dusty village lane lined with brick houses and orange flags. Most women balance brass or steel trays of offerings on their heads: fruits, bananas, coconuts, betel leaves and flowers. Foreground women wear orange, peach, pink, green and purple saris with gold bangles and beaded necklaces, and one older woman wears a maroon sari with a gold border. A man at upper right films with a video camera, and men in white shirts stand along the edges. Strings of flowers and a pineapple are visible among the trays.

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July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28A crowded street procession in a small Tamil town, with many people pressing forward between shops and palm trees. Women in saris carry offerings on their heads and in their hands: a metal tray of pineapples and bananas, a round brass platter of grains, and a tray of fruit. A woman in a white sari with a red-and-gold border wears a mala and bangles and carries a fruit tray. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk among them. Behind the crowd a red umbrella shades a decorated chariot or palanquin in the distance. Bunches of bananas are piled in the lower right foreground, and a faded banner hangs on a building at upper right.2008-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesStreet procession in a small Tamil village with many women in saffron, orange and yellow saris carrying brass trays on their heads and hands. Trays hold bananas, coconuts, green leaves, flowers and fruit offerings. A woman in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala and carries a tray of bananas and coconuts. Men in white shirts and dhotis with yellow shawls walk among the crowd, and a cameraman films from a rooftop at right. Orange flags line the lane beside brick houses and a whitewashed wall. Roughly fifty people are visible, with many more in the crowd beyond.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28