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Photograph from a Kumbh Mela procession seen from behind: several men carry a long red pole on their shoulders in front of large yellow and beige tent canvas, with an orange banner at upper right. The foremost carrier wears a grey-brown wrap with a red cloth over one shoulder and has matted dreadlocked hair wound up on his head. Beside him, a bare-chested sadhu with long dreadlocks wears a teal green loincloth, and a man in a white dhoti and cream shawl stands at left. A woman in a pink sari with a marigold garland hangs at right edge. Ground is pale concrete with a low stone border.

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