A photograph of a ceremonial exchange in front of a blue wall with painted pink and orange ornamental carvings. On the left, a smiling person with shoulder-length dark hair, red bindi and a patterned brown shawl over a dark red garment wears a garland of yellow marigolds and red beads, and holds a small offering or document. Facing them, a man with swept-back dark hair and glasses wears a red and gold silk garment and a turquoise and white garland with yellow flowers, and extends his hands to receive or give the item. Behind him, an older white-haired man in a white shirt and a man in a pink shirt stand smiling and applauding, with another man in grey partly visible at the right edge.

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