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A photograph of a shared meal on an orange-walled veranda. A woman in an orange sash and an orange, gold and green embroidered outfit stands at right, carrying a steel tray of food and holding a bowl. Three seated people eat from terracotta plates and bowls: a woman in a green and pink patterned top with red-tinted hair, a bearded man in white with an orange sash, and a woman with grey hair in white with an orange sash. A metal tray and a spoon rest near them. Another person in a pink top walks in the background, and a bag hangs over one shoulder.

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