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Night procession with dense crowd moving through an open courtyard lit by string lights. A decorated palanquin-style float with an ornate arched canopy frames a seated figure, carried forward by performers. Foreground: women in purple and colourful saris balancing decorated brass pots with peacock-feather and pink ornaments on their heads, a man in white in front, and drummers beating a large drum. A man in a yellow costume dances near the front, and bare-chested men in orange-white dhotis walk in the middle. Peacock-feather fans, blue and red umbrellas, and a metal-framed building stand behind.

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