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A photograph of a festival procession on a dusty open ground with orange flags and a gold-tipped pole behind. Children and young people in costume lead the march: a boy on the left wears a gold crown, a gold chest collar, a green-and-red patterned skirt and a sheer orange cape, and carries a staff. Next, a boy in a leopard-print orange tunic holds a trident and a gold arm ornament. A girl in a red and gold sari carries a trident, and a small child on the right wears a gold crown, beaded necklaces and a gold waist piece. A young person on the right wears an orange robe, face markings and a dark wig. Adults in white and cream clothes, some with flower garlands, walk behind them. Whites tents and buildings are visible in the background.

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