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A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town market. Red ceremonial flags on tall poles and large yellow, blue, purple and red decorated umbrellas, many with sequined fringes, are carried above the marchers. Men in white dhotis and orange or saffron garments walk in the procession, while uniformed police in khaki and a guard in a blue cap line the route behind yellow metal barricades. Crowds of onlookers press along the street, and a tall painted banner on the right shows a bearded sage with white hair and a striped turban. Motorcycles and shops crowd the background.

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