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Outdoor festival procession on a dusty road lined with yellow barricades and crowds. In the foreground, shirtless men in white dhotis with orange-gold borders hold a long bamboo pole and walk beside a row of uniformed police in khaki and camouflage, some with caps and lanyards. Mounted police on brown horses ride behind them under a sky of tents, flags and banners. A man in a purple shirt photographs the scene with a camera. Tents with white and yellow canopies and wooden barricades line the right side, with spectators watching. A large red and white banner with Hindi text hangs at left.

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