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Outdoor festival scene on a dusty ground in front of a blue-and-white striped pavilion decorated with banana plants and orange bunting. Several drummers perform with large red drums decorated with white embroidery: one standing drummer at left strikes with sticks, a seated drummer in white at center plays a red drum, and a performer in a red shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged at lower center. Other musicians in red shirts, yellow dhotis and white dhotis stand at right, some holding cymbals or small instruments. Bystanders in light clothing watch at the left edge.

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