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A village procession on a dirt path lined with banana trees and palms. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk in the foreground, with a drummer in a yellow dhoti and white shirt beating a drum and musicians playing a long wind instrument behind him. A cameraman in white stands at left filming with a tripod-mounted camera. Behind the group, saffron-and-gold decorated umbrellas or ratha-style canopies move through the crowd, and a bunch of green bananas hangs at right. Red boundary walls and a large structure appear in the background. No individual can be clearly identified as a person from appearance.

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