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A dense outdoor procession crowd moves along a dirt path lined with palm trees. Orange flags with dark blue circular emblems are held aloft, and several colourful striped parasols with gold ornaments and fringed edges are raised above the crowd. At the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a white head covering and a flower garland stands among devotees, many in white shirts and white clothing, while men in dark suits and orange-clad attendants surround her. A man in the foreground plays a long wind instrument. Behind the procession stands a concrete block wall and a building in the background.

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