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A Pongal cooking ceremony under a corrugated roof at an outdoor gathering. A clay pot, decorated with white painted patterns and a garland of yellow and red flowers, sits on a brick hearth where a fire burns. Sugarcane stalks with leaves are tied in a frame above the pot, and a flower garland surrounds the hearth on the ground. Women in red, orange and green saris and one in a dark blue sari stand around, several holding lamps or pots and some with hands pressed together in prayer. A kolam with white patterns is drawn on the floor, and a red carpet runs beside it. Several people are visible and most are women.

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