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A night procession on a paved road, with many people walking through a crowd dusted with coloured powder. Umbrellas with embroidered and mirror-work fabric in orange, yellow and blue are held aloft on poles. In the centre background, a decorated chariot with garlands and a lit deity murti sits under bright lights. In the foreground, a man in a striped shirt raises a fist, and a bare-shouldered figure with powdered hair stands near the bottom. On the right, a man in an orange top with a camera and a bare-chested man at a laptop face a white board with a rope tied to it. Several people wear orange and white ritual clothes. Dark sky and city lights surround the scene.

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March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13Night procession of a large crowd moving along a road, many people in white and light clothing smeared with coloured powder, celebrating a Holi-style festival. Several ornate decorated parasols in gold, blue, orange and red are held aloft over the crowd. Some people raise their hands and dance, a drummer beats a large white drum in the foreground, and string lights glow in the background. The crowd is dense, with more than twenty people visible.2017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13Night procession of devotees dusted with colored powder. Many people wearing white and light kurtas, some in striped shirts, are dancing and raising arms, faces and clothes smeared with yellow, blue and pink powder. Behind them ornate yellow, red and blue umbrellas with silver fringe are carried on poles, and a decorated palanquin or chariot with lights and garlands moves in the background. Colorful string lights and a lit banner glow in the night sky.2017-03-13Night procession with many devotees carrying colourful umbrellas (yellow, red, blue, purple) with silver fringe, moving past a glowing brass oil lamp on a tall stand. Participants are covered in coloured powder. Smoke or powder haze fills the air. In the distance a decorated float or palanquin with a deity murti is lit with flowers and garlands, and strings of coloured lights hang on poles.2017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13A night procession on a paved street lit by strings of blue, green, red and white fairy lights on a building behind. Participants covered in yellow, orange and pink powder pull and carry a decorated palanquin at the centre, with a raised arm and a bright torch light. Two large embroidered umbrellas in blue and purple with silver edging, and yellow and red ceremonial banners on poles, mark the procession. A man in white holds a brass lamp stand, another carries a tray of offerings, and a figure in orange and white walks among the crowd amid drifting coloured powder. A cart with metal plates sits at the left edge, and a woman in dark clothes holds one of the umbrellas on the right.2017-03-13Night procession on a paved ground during Holi-style celebrations, with participants smeared in coloured powder. A bald man in a grey shirt and white trousers holds a large golden trident-topped staff with a lit smoking censer, and a long-haired figure in dark clothes stands near him. Several people carry ornate yellow, red and pink decorated umbrellas on poles. A man bent forward wears an orange-stained garment and rudraksha-style adornment, and a figure in white clothes raises an umbrella. A decorated ratha/chariot with lights appears in the background. Visible people are numerous, with many devotees walking behind the parasols.2017-03-13