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Night photo of a street procession with a crowd of men in white dhotis and white vests, many holding flaming torches. In the foreground a shirtless man with dark hair and a brown cloth around his waist swings a flaming torch in each hand, arms outstretched. Behind him people in white and saffron-bordered dhotis stand close together, some raising hands and holding torches. Lit decorations, a yellow umbrella-like canopy and colourful illuminated structures glow in the background. A cameraman with a video camera is visible at left. No clearly identifiable a person figure is evident, so the identity is uncertain.

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