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A street procession in a small Karnataka town on a bright day. A red tractor pulls a decorated float draped in red and orange cloth and heavy garlands of orange and pink flowers, with a canopy topped by finials; figures sit on the float. Ahead, drummers in saffron-orange shirts, white dhotis and orange head cloths play a large drum, while a man in a light orange shirt and white head cloth walks beside the tractor. Marigold and yellow garlands hang from the float, and a row of uniformed marchers in red stretches down the road. Shops, a palm tree and yellow bunting line the street.

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