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Night procession at a Ganesha festival. Center foreground, a smiling man with a shaved head and a red-and-yellow marigold garland sits on a float, resting his hand near his face while wearing a dark red garment. Behind him towers a large painted clay Ganesha idol with an elephant head, a gold crown and raised hands, accompanied by a blue-and-white figure and a pink-and-white bull. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand at the edges of the float. Dark background, lit by flash.

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