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Outdoor cremation ground on open grass under a hazy sky. At left a stacked pile of logs sits beneath a small canopy strung with colourful triangular pennants; a figure in orange robes stands beside it. Centre foreground shows a red-earth square with scattered logs and yellow flower garlands. Behind, about two dozen seated people in white clothes face the scene, with cars and a bus parked beyond. At right a standing figure in orange robes raises a ritual implement, with more orange-robed people seated near the front right. Cremation rites in progress.

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