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A large hall with a patterned fabric ceiling and colourful tasselled banners hanging from above. Rows of young boys and teenagers in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on white mats, many with white vertical forehead markings, rudraksha malas and red-edged cloth. In front of them are brass plates, small brass oil lamps and steel vessels on low tables. A cameraman in white stands at left with a video camera on a tripod, and adults in white and orange sit in the background near the stage.

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