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A photograph of a ritual scene outdoors under bright sky and leafy branches. A central man wears a saffron-orange turban with a red tilak on his forehead, an orange shawl, and a long gold-beaded necklace; his long dark hair falls past his shoulders and he is speaking. Behind him another man in orange holds a gold curved ceremonial object, and to the right a bespectacled man in white clothes and a dark beaded necklace watches closely. At lower right a bald man in white leans in, and at lower right a gold figurine of a deity is being cleaned with a white cloth. A woman with long dark hair is seen from behind at the left edge.
Photo 487 of 675 from 9 September 2007

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