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A street procession in a village lined with pale buildings, banana plants and orange flags. A figure in an orange turban and orange clothing rides on a raised platform beneath a red canopy with beaded fringe, marked as a chariot-style procession. Crowds surround it: young men in orange and blue vests, men in white shirts, a woman in a sari, and a uniformed police officer walking at right. A man in red garments on the left raises an arm and points upward. a person cues: orange turban, orange clothing and a garland on the figure riding the canopied platform, which is a ratha-style procession; the figure is small and partly obscured, so identity is uncertain.

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