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Outdoor evening scene at Adi Kailasa during a firewalk-related ritual. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wrapped in a flowing saffron-orange garment and bare-shouldered, carries a long brass or golden rod across the body. Behind him, a line of people in white dhotis and shirts and young boys in light shirts walk on a dirt path and steps past a whitewashed wall with red-and-white stripes. A large orange-robed portrait hangs on the wall showing a smiling figure with long hair. Brown earth heaps and a blue mat lie on the ground. Visible people number about ten.

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