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A street procession in a town, with a crowd of men and women in white traditional clothing and dhotis moving along a road. Several men play large hand drums, one wearing a white head cloth. Many people hold tall orange flags bearing a black emblem, and orange and yellow bunting is strung across the street. Shops and a multi-storey building with balconies line the roadside under a pale sky.

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A street procession in a town, with men in white dhotis and shirts playing hand drums (melam-style drums) with sticks. Several orange flags with a black emblem are raised above the crowd, and a strings of orange and yellow triangular pennants hang across the street. Behind them, multi-storey buildings with tiled roofs line the road. A man in a white shirt in the left foreground looks toward the camera, and several men wear white head cloths. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this frame.2008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27A festival procession moves along a dusty road lined with spectators. Bare-chested men in white dhotis carry tall saffron-orange flags on poles, and drummers beat large barrel drums with wooden sticks. Behind them, women in white saris with coloured borders carry metal trays of fruit and offerings, and multicoloured umbrellas are raised overhead. Crowds on the right raise their hands in greeting beside a low building and trees under a cloudy sky.2008-07-17A village street procession in Pattanam, Tamil Nadu, with a dense crowd moving between low houses and a pale brick building with orange flags. Several drummers in bright orange shirts with blue collars and trim play large drums, while men in white dhotis and white shirts walk among them. Orange flags hang from poles along the street, and a banana plant grows at left. Many people are visible, some carrying items on their heads. No individual can be reliably identified as a person from this view, so no candidate is described.2008-07-28 +1 copiesApril 27 20082008-04-27August 01 20082008-08-01April 27 20082008-04-27December 30th 20072007-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 31 20082008-12-31December 20 20112011-12-20A street procession in a south Indian town moves along a paved road lined with shops and parked bicycles. Men in white dhotis and shirts, some barefoot, play drums and wind instruments, including a horn and a long pipe. Orange flags rise above the crowd, and ornate canopy umbrellas with red, blue and orange panels are carried above the procession. A man in a white shirt wears a saffron/orange shawl over his shoulder and walks at the front. Behind the procession, a large banner with Tamil lettering hangs from a pole. Pedestrians stand along the roadside, and a tall pyramid-shaped temple tower rises in the background among trees and utility poles.2008-08-01December 20 20112011-12-20