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A street procession outside a glass-fronted building at dusk. In the centre a woman in a red and gold patterned sari with a gold border holds a yellow fan-shaped umbrella decorated with a white bird emblem, and wears a peacock feather in her hair. Behind her stands an ornate gold palanquin hung with red and white flower garlands, its roof topped by a gold finial, with an empty red seat inside. Other women in red saris with sequined trim and a red-and-white printed wrap stand nearby, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at the left. A woman in an orange sari appears at the right edge. The scene is outdoors on pavement.

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