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Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees under a balloon-decorated arch in red, orange and blue, with orange streamers overhead. Men in white shirts and white dhotis pull a long rope on the right, and others in dark trousers and white shirts walk in front. Several men raise their hands in the air on the left, and a crowd of people in white clothing watches from the background beside an orange canopy and a vehicle. Some wear orange shawls, and a few paper confetti pieces lie on the ground.

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