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Night procession scene at an outdoor festival. A large painted effigy of a demon figure stands on a gold-coloured wooden platform, with an orange and red face, moustache, golden crown and armour, a black garment, and a raised golden club and drum-like cymbal in its hands. Behind it a blue canopy and strings of coloured lights decorate the grounds. In the foreground a devotee holds a tall spear-like staff with a flag, and a few people stand to the left, including a bald man in white clothes with a shawl and a man in a white shirt. Several people are visible in the crowd, some in red and white clothes.

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November 05 20162016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05Night procession at an outdoor ground strung with multicoloured fairy lights. On a yellow wooden cart, a large painted effigy with a red face, golden crown and gold armour raises a club, with a lit oil lamp held in front of it. Devotees in orange and saffron cloth stand around the cart, some holding its wheels or pushing it. On the left, men in white dhotis and shawls, one with a bare upper body and a long wooden staff with a metal tip, stand watching. A blue-roofed vehicle and a few onlookers sit on the right.2016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05Night procession photograph on a sandy ground strung with multicoloured fairy lights. Centre: a large painted effigy with a red face, gold crown and gold armour, seated on a black cloth on a wooden cart. It holds a golden mace and a shield. The cart is pulled by a red tractor with a blue canopy, driven by a man in orange cloth. Around the cart, bare-chested young men in orange dhotis carry flaming torches and drums. Several onlookers stand in the background, and a small crowd is visible. The scene suggests a Skanda festival procession, with the effigy.2016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05Night outdoor scene at a festival: a large painted effigy of a demon with a red face, gold crown, gold shield and a raised golden sword sits on a yellow wooden platform. A shirtless young man in red dhoti grips the effigy's shoulder from behind. A woman in orange sari holds a long white rope or cord raised beside them. Two oil lamps with flames burn at the platform edges, and a crowd of spectators stands behind under strings of multicoloured lights. A yellow-clad attendant sits in the lower foreground.2016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05Night procession on a ground lit by strings of coloured lights. On a golden-yellow ratha/chariot platform, a large painted effigy of a demon with a bared-teeth face, gold crown and dark garment sits holding a club, with green leafy branches fixed behind it. A boy in orange cloth stands beside it holding the foliage. Several bare-chested men and devotees in orange and white cloth stand at the platform's edge in the foreground, one holding a flaming torch. A red-and-teal vehicle with a canopy is at right. The scene appears to show a festival float with a demon effigy, in a setting with no visible a person.2016-11-05