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Outdoor festival scene under a corrugated metal roof, with a long row of decorated red, orange and yellow canopies with gold fringe overhead. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a white head wrap and white and red flower garlands sits under a red and multicoloured umbrella, smiling with hands clasped. Beside her, a man in a dark suit and tie sits and applauds, and at the right edge another man in a dark suit and red tie also claps. A golden trident-topped staff stands at the upper right. Behind them a large crowd of people in white and mixed clothing is seated under the canopies, with palm trees in the background.

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