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A photograph of a homa ritual on a white raised platform. A man in saffron robes and an orange head cloth, with rimless glasses and a wristwatch, holds a brass bowl over a small flame at the centre of a fire altar built from white blocks decorated with yellow and pink flowers. Behind him another person in orange robes kneels. On the left, a bearded man in white clothes with a yellow shawl and beaded necklace sits beside brass vessels and a bowl. Silver and brass pots, flower garlands and a red-and-gold cloth are arranged around the altar. Multicoloured paper kites decorate the foreground and a red curtain hangs behind. The orange-robed man is an appearance-based a person candidate with the ritual role of performing the offering, but his appearance is uncertain.

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