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Outdoor festival scene on a sandy courtyard beneath a clear blue sky, with tall coconut palms behind. A tall wooden ritual pole topped with a feathered finial and an orange flag rises from a white stepped base, draped with strings of small coloured beads and hanging threads. Beside the base sits a dark deity murti decorated with flowers. Around it, men and women in white ritual clothes stand and walk, some holding long green palm fronds and bundled leaves. At the right edge, two men hold tall poles carrying large orange flags with a dark emblem, and a brass ceremonial fan-like object appears near the edge. Several people stand in small groups on the ground.

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