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A street procession in a South Indian town passes shops and signboards. In the centre, a man in orange robes with a red and white garland and a dark hair knot raises one hand in salutation. A bald man in orange draped cloth holds a long wooden staff tied with orange fabric. Musicians in white dhotis and shirts play a red and yellow drum and a long wind instrument, one with a sandalwood tilak on his forehead. Golden trident-shaped standards and a large yellow canopy with fringe are carried above the crowd. A uniformed police officer stands at the right edge of the procession.

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