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A traditional South Indian wedding ceremony. A bride in a red and gold silk sari with a maang tikka and jasmine-and-rose garlands sits beside a groom in a white dhoti and shirt wearing a similar garland. Between them stands a tall brass oil lamp with a lit flame, and a priest with a bare chest and white dhoti at left performs the ritual. Brass pots with flower garlands rest in the foreground and a standing woman in green and gold sari stands behind. A white curtain forms the backdrop.

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