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A large procession moves along a paved road lined with trees and bamboo scaffolding. Many men in white dhotis and shirts wear orange shawls, and several figures in orange robes walk near the front. Orange flags and multicoloured ceremonial umbrellas are held aloft, and a musician in white plays a long wind instrument at the lower left while another blows a brass horn. A woman in a blue sari walks at the lower right. Motorcycles and a truck are parked along the roadside, and a cameraman stands on scaffolding. The crowd is dense, extending far into the distance.

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