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Outdoor village street procession in India, with palm trees and a corrugated-roof house behind. Women and girls in colourful saris and salwar kameez carry brass pots with feathery green fronds and flower garlands on their heads, while a large crowd of onlookers stands along the road. Two ornate ceremonial umbrellas with red, blue and yellow geometric patterns are held aloft, and a painted cart or palanquin with a decorated canopy sits on the right. A cameraman films from the left.

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A dense outdoor street procession in a village setting with tiled roofs, palm trees and a parked white van. Women in bright blue, teal and white saris carry brass pots and tall decorated trays heaped with flowers, fruit and green leaves under colourful fringed parasol-like canopies in red, yellow and blue. Many crowded men and boys in checked shirts, white kurtas and caps press around them, some raising hands, and a cameraman with a video camera films the crowd. Marigold garlands and yellow flowers adorn the women's hair. Scene shows a festival-style procession with offering trays, with no clearly visible a person figure.2008-11-24Outdoor procession with a decorated palanquin or ratha carrying a deity murti, adorned with marigold garlands, orange and yellow fabric, and colourful fringed canopies on poles. Saffron flags are carried by people in the crowd. A crowd of devotees in white and bright saree or kurta clothing walks alongside. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts are visible, and a few women wear pink, teal and blue sarees. A bald-headed man in white robes walks near the center. Palm trees and a rocky hill sit behind the procession, and a parked dark SUV is visible at left.2012-01-01A dense street procession in a village lane with a crowd of men, women and children pressing forward with raised arms. In the foreground a young man in a brown shirt and checked lungi looks toward the camera, and a middle-aged man in a white shirt stands at centre. On the right, several women in colourful saris carry brass pots topped with fronds and flower garlands on their heads, a ritual procession style. Above them are ornate multicoloured canopy umbrellas and a yellow-and-red decorated palanquin-style structure with flower garlands. Behind the crowd a white SUV and a tiled-roof house with festoons of flowers and banana leaves line the road. Two photographers with cameras stand at the left edge.2008-11-24A dusty village lane in Bidadi, Karnataka, with a procession moving past whitewashed and tiled houses under a clear sky. Drummers in white dhotis and shirts beat large drums, while a man in a white shirt and dhoti carries a basket-like drum. A figure in an orange robe and crowd of men in white and red shirts walk alongside, and women in saris of blue, purple and orange watch from doorways. A decorated umbrella with yellow and red panels and a few fringed poles rise above the crowd, with a young boy in yellow in the foreground. The scene reads as a festival procession with drum accompaniment.2008-11-24July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesNovember 24 20082008-11-24Outdoor procession on a palm-lined dirt path, with a decorated ratha-style palanquin at the centre covered in marigold and yellow garlands and topped with multicoloured canopies. A figure sits on the palanquin, but at this distance no clear appearance cues are visible to confirm an identity. Dense crowd of devotees walks alongside: women in white and coloured saris, men in white dhotis, and many people holding saffron and orange flags on tall poles. Some devotees have hands folded in prayer. A blue SUV is parked at left, and a hill and utility poles sit in the background.2012-01-01A photograph of an outdoor procession in a village street. Women and girls in teal, magenta and purple saris and salwars carry brass pots and kalasha vessels topped with green palm fronds and white flowers, some with flower garlands in their hair. Two ceremonial umbrellas with red, yellow and multicoloured canopies and fringed borders are held aloft above the procession. A man in a saffron-orange robe and orange headwear walks in the middle of the group, with a long-haired figure in orange at his side. Older women in teal and blue saris and young children watch from the roadside, and a thatched roof and tiled houses line the background.2008-11-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesJuly 23 20092009-07-23A rural village road lined with palm trees and a green hill behind, filled with a procession of people walking toward the camera. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and women wear white and pink saris. Some people carry decorated ritual items: a row of white conical structures, colourful ornamental umbrella-like canopies, and a decorated cart or palanquin topped with ornate red and gold fabric. Saffron and orange flags fly on tall poles along the roadside, and a speaker is mounted on a utility pole. Smoke rises faintly from the middle of the procession. A thatched hut stands at the right edge of the frame.2006-11-13July 23 20092009-07-23