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Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road under a clear sky with palm trees. Two white horses pull a decorated cart or chariot topped with colourful balloons and a white canopy, followed by a crowd. Foreground devotees wear white dhoti and kurta with saffron or orange shawls and yellow sashes, holding large white fly-whisk style fans. Tall orange and gold ceremonial banners with blue and red floral emblems line the procession, alongside red and multicolour umbrellas and red flags. A man in a purple shirt walks in the middle of the crowd. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person, so no candidate is marked.

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