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Outdoor photograph of a traditional Indian wrestling-style game on loose sand. Two young men in white shirts and white dhotis grapple on the ground, one in an orange shirt pinning the other with arms around his chest. A third young man in a white shirt sits in the sand at right, holding a leg. Behind them a ring of spectators in white kurtas and dhotis, several wearing orange headbands and shawls, stands and sits watching closely. A rope line runs along the edge of the ring. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person among the visible figures.

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