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A street procession through a busy Tamil town. Men in white shirts and dhotis and saffron-orange shawls walk and play traditional instruments including a long nadaswaram-style pipe, drums and cymbals. Several large umbrella-like canopies with multicoloured panels, golden tassels and bird motifs are carried overhead, and orange flags rise above the crowd. Shopfronts behind display Tamil signs and advertisements for mobile and electronics brands. A dense crowd of roughly two dozen to thirty people fills the street. No a person candidate is clearly distinguishable in the crowd.

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A street procession on a busy town road lined with shops and signboards, including a Tamil-script sign reading திருமண்டபம் and a red-and-yellow banner. Several large umbrellas with embroidered borders and blue bird emblems are carried above a crowd. Men in white dhotis and orange shawls play drums and nagaswaram-style wind instruments, with a man in front holding a drum wearing an orange shawl. Orange flags and saffron banners rise above the crowd, and a few spectators stand at the edge of the road, including a woman with flowers in her hair. a person is not clearly visible in this frame.2008-08-01A street procession moves through a busy Tamil town. Crowds of men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk under a canopy of colourful umbrellas with gold fringe and blue-and-white emblems. Drummers in white with large drums beat along the road, while a man in a white shirt plays a long wind instrument. A red-and-gold banner flies above the crowd, and shopfronts with signs line the street.2008-08-01A street procession in a South Indian town, with a crowd of men in white dhotis and orange shawls marching past shops and signboards. Drummers beat large drums and some players blow long brass horns. Carried above them are round multicoloured umbrellas with fringed edges and rectangular banners bearing a blue and white emblem. Orange flags on poles rise over the crowd, and at left a red and yellow cloth hangs from a stall. Onlookers stand along the roadside, including a woman in a red saree with a flower-decorated braid. No individual is identifiable as a person from appearance cues here.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A large street procession moves through a busy Tamil town. Hundreds of devotees in saffron and orange shirts and white dhotis fill the road, many holding tall orange flags on poles. Several decorated umbrellas in bright multicolour patterns and framed square banners with emblems are carried aloft. Drummers in white clothes play large drums and horns at the front. Shops with signboards, a yellow auto-rickshaw and two-wheelers line the street, and onlookers watch from the roadside. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from the image.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession moves through a town, with drummers and wind-instrument players in white dhotis and shirts leading the way. Several men wear orange or saffron shawls over white clothing, and a man in front carries a yellow bag. Tall umbrellas with red, blue and gold panels and fringed edges are carried above the crowd, and orange flags wave on poles at left. A long white banner with Tamil lettering is held aloft behind the marchers. Shopfronts, signboards and utility poles line the roadway on both sides.2008-08-01A large street procession winds through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops, hanging wires and Tamil-script signboards. Many people in saffron-orange shirts and white dhotis walk in the crowd, several carrying tall orange flags on poles. Musicians play large drums in the foreground, including a drummer in a white shirt and a drummer wearing an orange scarf. Colourful umbrellas and ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the street, and a yellow auto-rickshaw and a black auto-rickshaw are in the lane. A temple gopuram rises in the background above the buildings. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a specific leader from this view.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession moves down a busy road with devotees in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls. Several ornate umbrellas with blue, red and green panels and tasselled fringes are carried aloft, and tall saffron flags wave at left and right. A large portrait banner held up in the middle of the procession shows a man's photograph with text. Drummers in white play double-headed drums, and a woman in a dark sari walks among the marchers. Shop signs, parked vehicles and palm trees line the roadside.2008-08-01