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Dense outdoor crowd of young men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing saffron-orange shawls, pressing forward along a dirt path in front of low pink-washed buildings with corrugated roofs. A large colourful floral arch decorated in red, yellow and green rises in the background. A man in white with a shoulder-mounted video camera films the scene, and a central figure in white with an orange shawl stands amid the crowd, with others bending and leaning to press toward the procession. Several smiling youths in saffron shawls are visible at right.

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December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25A dense crowd of men and boys in white shirts and white dhotis surges through a dusty open ground in a procession. Several figures in saffron-orange robes walk near the centre, one with grey hair in an orange wrap, and many participants raise their arms and hands in the air. A colourful striped arch decorated with garlands stands in the background beside a low pink-walled building with a corrugated roof, and palm trees rise behind. Dust hangs in the air over the crowd. The saffron-robed figures are sannyasi or priests in procession; no individual can be confirmed as a person from appearance alone.2006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25Outdoor procession on a dirt road at an ashram-style compound, with a dense crowd of young men in white dhotis and shirts and dark shirts pressing around the path. A decorated palanquin or deity float with a striped multicolour arch of flowers and fabric sits in the background near pink-walled buildings. In the centre, a bald-headed man in an orange robe and orange shawl walks away from the camera, while a long-haired man in a white shirt and orange shawl is seen to the right. A man in a white dhoti with an orange shawl gestures in the foreground. Devotees with folded hands line the route beside the crowd.2006-12-25Outdoor photo of a dense crowd on a dirt ground in front of pink-washed single-storey buildings with corrugated roofs. A large multicoloured arch of red, yellow, green and white stands in the background. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a white garland walks among men in white dhotis and white shirts and young men in orange shawls, several with raised hands. On the left, men in dark brown shirts with small circular emblems bend forward and hold wooden sticks. A crowd of onlookers in white and dark clothing fills the foreground and sides.2006-12-25