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A figure stands on a dark stage in front of a large ornate silver ring, a prop framed by blue haze and orange-pink flame-like backdrop projections. He wears a bare-chested costume with a patterned wrap, a maroon dhoti-style lower garment, and a beaded or ornamented upper adornment; he holds a long-handled silver staff at his side. Props nearby include a silver trident on a pole, a curved silver blade, a black feathered whisk, and a decorated staff. The scene reads as a theatrical or ceremonial stage presentation. Persons: one.

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