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A photograph of a rural road where an open-bed truck with yellow and red sides and the word "TIGHER" painted on its rear is loaded with many people, mostly children and young adults, crowded along its wooden railings and standing in the bed. Several men in shirts and trousers stand beside and behind the truck near a white gate, and a silver car and motorcycle appear further along the road beside flowering bougainvillea and palm trees. Among the passengers, a girl wears a teal dress and another an orange top. No deity, ritual or a person appearance is visible.

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