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Outdoor procession scene with a large orange and yellow ceremonial umbrella with decorative fringe held overhead. In the centre, a man in a red-maroon turban and red embroidered garment with gold border embraces a man wearing an orange-peach turban and saffron-orange shawl. Several men around wear marigold garlands; one in white with gold beaded necklaces holds a silver ceremonial staff topped with an ornament. A bald man in glasses and a white garment stands to the right, and a uniformed police officer appears at the far right. Strings of colourful bunting and trees fill the background, with parked white vehicles behind a fence.

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