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Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style pilgrimage event. A long line of people in white dhotis and white shawls walks forward, many holding tall poles topped with saffron-orange flags bearing a dark emblem. Several men have white-painted faces with red marks, and one bearded older man wears a white turban with rudraksha beads and a gold pendant. A long-haired, light-skinned person in white clothing with a rudraksha mala and red-painted forehead lifts a flag on the right. A woman in a yellow blouse with a red shawl stands at the right edge. Festival lights glow in the background, with a decorated umbrella-like canopy and a bright firework-style light at upper right. A person in a tan jacket stands at the left edge. a person is not clearly identifiable; no appearance-based candidate meets the required cues.

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