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Outdoor food-preparation scene under a striped canopy with a red and green fringed tarpaulin. Two men carry a large steel pot of yellow food between them; one wears a white dhoti and sacred thread with bare feet, the other a white shirt and dark trousers, both with white hairnets. Behind them a man in an orange shirt and white dhoti stands barefoot, and a man in white dhoti and hairnet holds a cup. Rubble and bamboo poles surround the site, with palm trees beyond. Several other workers in hairnets are visible at the back, including a man in a grey shirt. Annadhan-style community meal preparation.

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