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Night street scene in a town lined with stalls and bright street lights. Devotees stand along the edge of a decorated ratha or float with gold-embossed panels, a red and gold cloth above, and a figure in white dhoti on top. A man in a white shirt and light trousers stands in the foreground looking at the decorated panels. A man in a red shirt and white dhoti stands beside him. A man in white dhoti and orange shawl and a man holding a small child stand near the float. Petals lie on the road and pictured panels show framed images. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.

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