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Night photograph of an outdoor festival procession with colourful LED lighting. In the foreground, several drummers wearing yellow and white turbans, tiger-striped or patterned sleeveless tops, white arm and face markings and tasseled red and yellow sashes play drums and metal pots. Behind them a lit ornate temple tower and illuminated stalls glow against the dark sky, with a crowd of onlookers and additional participants in white headwear. A white animal-head costume and decorated figures appear among the crowd on the right.

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Night procession with performers in green and yellow turbans and painted, bare-torsoed costumes playing drums and striking sticks on a lit street. A brightly illuminated tower-shaped ratha or float glows in the background beside multicoloured string lights and decorated umbrellas. Crowds of people in white and dark clothing, some wearing turbans, move through the scene. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this view.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night street procession with drummers and dancers in a crowded road lined with spectators. Foreground: a drummer in white dhoti and shirt with a saffron-orange shawl beats a large drum. Dancers wear green and gold, red and gold, and magenta costumes, several balancing tall pink and white decorated headdresses or kalasha-style pots with feathered plumes. Men in white dhotis and yellow headwear walk among them. Behind, a multi-storey building is wrapped in colourful string lights, and a ratha or ceremonial structure sits at centre. Bright floodlights illuminate the scene.2016-12-23Night procession scene under a bright floodlight and purple-lit pavement. Drummers in dark patterned costumes with green and yellow turbans play large frame drums, while performers in white and blue body paint, beaded necklaces and bangles stand among them. Behind them, ornate palanquins and decorated umbrellas in red, yellow and orange are lit, with a tall decorated temple-style float in the distance. Devotees in white dhotis and striped shirts watch from the left edge. a person's presence is not visibly confirmed in the frame.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession with dense crowd moving through an open courtyard lit by string lights. A decorated palanquin-style float with an ornate arched canopy frames a seated figure, carried forward by performers. Foreground: women in purple and colourful saris balancing decorated brass pots with peacock-feather and pink ornaments on their heads, a man in white in front, and drummers beating a large drum. A man in a yellow costume dances near the front, and bare-chested men in orange-white dhotis walk in the middle. Peacock-feather fans, blue and red umbrellas, and a metal-framed building stand behind.2016-12-09Night procession at a temple-style festival: drummers in orange and white turbans and red-fringed costumes play drums in the foreground while a crowd surrounds them. Behind them, colourful paper parasols in yellow, red and green are raised, and a decorated ratha or palanquin with flower garlands and lights stands in the background under bright floodlight. Many devotees in white dhotis and orange headcloths move through the street.2016-12-23