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Outdoor photo of youths playing a traditional Indian running-and-chasing game on sand beneath tall coconut palms. Several young men in white dhotis and orange shirts or white shirts race barefoot across the sand, one leaping forward with arms outstretched. Behind them a crowd of onlookers in white and orange clothing stands watching, and a person in white with an orange shawl stands on an elevated spot at the back, possibly holding a camera. The ground is bright and sunny.

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