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Outdoor ritual at a freshly dug pit of earth during last rites. A bearded man with long matted dreadlocks, wearing an orange fleece jacket and rust-orange cloth, holds a brass plate and pours a stream of yellow turmeric powder into the pit. Behind him a man in an orange robe holds a tall wooden pole topped with a red tasselled canopy. Other men stand with bare torsos, orange dhotis, rudraksha necklaces and white sacred ash, and one wears a white dhoti with a gold border. A woman in a red sari stands with folded hands holding a metal plate. Blue sky and trees stand behind them.

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Outdoor last-rites scene beside a deep open earth pit. A central man with long dark hair, beard and an orange fleece jacket over rust-coloured dhoti pours bright yellow powder from a brass bowl into the pit. Around him, shirtless men in orange dhotis and rudraksha malas stand; one on the left holds a tall bamboo staff with red and green tassels, and another on the right holds a tray of flowers. A woman in a red sari with a brass vessel stands among them, and a man in white dhoti stands behind. Tree and sky in background; flower petals on the ground.2016-12-30December 31 20162016-12-31December 31 20162016-12-31December 30 20162016-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30 20162016-12-30Outdoor photograph of a funeral rite at a sandy dug pit covered with a colourful striped cloth scattered with flowers. A central man with long dark hair, a beard and a forehead tilak wears an orange zip fleece and rust-coloured dhoti while holding a small silver bowl and a silver lamp from which smoke rises. To the right, a young man in a white dhoti with gold border and a pink towel, with a tilak, stands watching. On the left, a bare-chested attendant in an orange dhoti holds a tall bamboo pole with red and green tassels. Behind them, a white-haired woman in orange clothing has her hands joined in prayer, with several other people in orange and maroon clothes nearby. Water tanks and trees appear in the background.2016-12-30Outdoor ritual scene near an orange-painted structure at a rural site. A long-haired man in an orange top and rust-coloured dhoti holds a white bowl and flings a spray of liquid or grains into the air. Beside him a bare-chested man in orange cloth holds a long wooden pole with red and black tassels, and a woman in a red sari stands among devotees. A decorated offering with green leaves and a white flower garland sits on the ground at lower left, with a colourful cloth beneath. Several devotees in orange and white clothing watch from the side under a pale sky.2016-12-30December 30 20162016-12-30October 22 20172017-10-22February 04 20172017-02-04December 31 20162016-12-31 +1 copiesDecember 30 20162016-12-30