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A procession on a dirt road during the Bonalu festival, with a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti garlanded with orange, pink and white flowers and green leaves, topped by a golden ornamental finial. Men and women walk barefoot in front and beside it. A smiling man in a yellow kurta and white dhoti with a red tilak walks at the front, and a woman in a pink and green saree with a yellow border and a garland of beads walks beside him. Other women wear purple, green and white sarees, and boys in orange and white shirts follow. Low green shrubs and pinkish apartment blocks stand in the background under an overcast sky.

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