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A joyful wedding-ceremony photograph of women in traditional silk saris and jasmine flowers in their hair. In the foreground, a woman in a purple blouse and green-and-gold silk sari leans forward to drape a green shawl over a seated bride whose head is covered with a white and gold veil. Beside her, a woman in a dark green sari laughs with open mouth and reaches toward the couple, while a woman in a grey-blue sari with a red and gold border smiles and holds fabric from the other side. Behind them, older men in white dhotis and a man in a pale checked shirt watch and smile. Gold bangles and necklaces are visible, and the scene reads as a Tamil wedding or nalangu rite.

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