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Night photograph of a large outdoor fire ritual. A tall bright bonfire blazes at centre while a ring of devotees dance and clap around it with raised arms. Many wear white or cream dhotis and kurtas, others wear saffron-orange and red robes, and some have shaved heads. A woman in a white sari with gold border and flowers in her hair stands in the foreground, and an orange-robed man on the right wears a rudraksha-style beaded necklace. A torch flame appears at the far left. A single building with lit windows stands behind the group under floodlight, and the setting is a dusty open ground. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

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