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Outdoor festival procession on a dirt ground with drummers in the foreground. Several drummers wear yellow head cloths, leopard-print sleeveless tunics, black dhoti-style cloths and red tassels, playing large wooden-framed drums with sticks. Behind them, a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, some with ochre-saffron garments and beaded necklaces, watches and walks. Colourful striped and yellow-topped umbrellas and orange-and-yellow ceremonial banners rise above the crowd, with banana plants along the edge. Bright daylight. This is a festival procession scene.

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