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Outdoor festival scene at a stepped amphitheatre. A tall white metal staircase leads to a raised platform where several priests in saffron-orange and white dhotis stand, one in a red-and-gold top raising a white cloth or lotus-like offering high. Behind them, a large decorated elephant-shaped structure covered in yellow, red, green, orange and purple flower garlands and silver ornaments fills the right foreground. Seated audience members in white clothing sit on red terracotta-tiered steps along the right and centre, with a few men in orange and white at the lower left holding woven baskets. The gathering appears to be a ceremonial offering with a floral elephant effigy.

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