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An outdoor photograph of devotees performing a penance-style practice on bare dusty ground. Several men in plain white clothes sit on low concrete blocks and flat stone slabs among blackened ash patches from small fires. Many wear white cloths tied over their eyes or heads. A man in the foreground, bare-headed with a white cloth wrapped around his head, sits cross-legged on a flat stone. A figure in white walks on the left past a white-draped table with a small fan. Stacked firewood, a red-handled tool, a red bucket and a blue box lie nearby, with a white wall and dry trees behind.

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February 13 20072007-02-13Outdoor photo of devotees in white clothing seated on dry, dusty ground at a fire-ritual site. Several dug-out fire pits lie around the field, some with blackened ash and charred wood, and stacked wooden pyres stand in the background. In the foreground a man in white with a pink-and-white cloth wrapped over his face and head sits beside a pit, his hands resting on his knees. At centre, a person in white with a white head covering sits cross-legged in meditation on a raised earthen mound beside a pit. A red plastic bucket sits on the ground nearby. Other participants in white sit in small groups across the field, some on stools and some on the ground, and a tall white wall and trees line the far edge of the site.2007-02-07Outdoor scene on bare dry ground with ash and charred logs where many small fire pits burn. Many men in plain white clothes and white head wraps sit in rows, several with white cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes. A seated man in the foreground wears a red-and-white cloth over his head and eyes, sitting by a small fire and a red plastic bucket. Blue and black buckets, a white plastic chair, a water tower and a low white wall are visible in the background, with smoke drifting through the air.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of several people seated in a dusty open field at dusk, each on a small raised seat beside a circular ash-filled fire pit with blackened ground and charred wood. Most wear white clothing and white cloths wrapped over their eyes as headbands or blindfolds; a woman in the foreground on the left wears a white shawl with hands pressed together, and a woman on the right wears a dark navy top with white dhoti-style cloth. A brown clay pot sits on the ground in the centre, a stack of firewood lies in the background, and a white boundary wall and trees stand beyond. Appears to be a fire ritual performed in an open ground.2007-02-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a dusty, open ground scorched with ash and blackened fire pits. Many people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged on low mounds around the pits, several with white cloth wrapped over their heads and faces, some with bare faces, and a few holding small objects. Scattered logs and smoking embers lie among the pits, with rows of distant figures in white receding toward a line of trees and a road. The scene is austere and ritualistic, consistent with a penance-style practice of sitting beside fire pits. No one in the foreground is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance alone.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesA wide outdoor scene on bare, dusty ground with smoke rising from several shallow fire pits blackened with ash and charred logs. Many people in white clothing, many wrapping their heads or faces in white cloth, sit or crouch around the pits. In the foreground a figure with dark hair and an orange cloth wrapped around the neck sits cross-legged on a mound beside a fire pit. Nearby lie a long iron tool with a red handle, a blue bucket and a red bucket. Half-built concrete structures and piles of earth stand in the background.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of many people seated on bare dusty ground at individual fire pits, part of a sacred fire ritual. Most wear white robes and white head cloths or blindfolds; a few in the rear wear orange or saffron garments. A man in the right foreground wears a white t-shirt, pale trousers and a white headband, bending over a pit with ash and charred wood. Another person at left wears white with a white cloth over the head, sitting beside a small can. Wood logs, bricks, a red-handled tool and a stack of firewood lie around the pits. A white perimeter wall and bare trees form the backdrop. Roughly twenty to thirty people are visible.2007-02-07February 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a bare, dusty ground at dusk with many devotees seated in rows beside small shallow fire pits, some with smoke rising. Most participants wear plain white dhotis and shawls, with white cloths wrapped over their heads and faces; one seated figure in the foreground wears white with a gold-edged border. A man in a red garment sits at right. Scattered split logs and wood lie on the ground near the pits, with trees and a small structure in the background. This appears to be a sacred fire ritual session in progress.2007-02-07