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Outdoor street scene in a crowded market area with a long-haired person in a red sleeveless top and orange shawl, wearing flower garlands of white jasmine and yellow and red blooms, smiling and extending an arm to greet a man in white in the foreground. A woman in a white sari with gold border and black beaded necklace stands at left, another woman in white with a red bindi watches, and onlookers and a man with glasses stand behind. Handwritten white placards with Tamil script and an orange flag appear in the background, with shop signs overhead.

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February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02Outdoor street scene at a ratha yatra procession in Tamil Nadu. In the foreground a man with long dark swept-back hair, a red bindi and an orange shawl over a red shirt smiles while holding a bundle of green-stemmed yellow flowers. Beside him a young woman in an orange shawl over white clothes with a gold border, with rudraksha bracelets and a red bindi, looks sideways. Behind them a crowd of men and women, some in white, watches; a woman holds a mobile phone. Above, white handmade placards carry Tamil script, and a purple logo appears in the upper right corner. Bright daylight with sun glare.2009-02-02Outdoor crowd scene during a procession. At centre, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl and a large garland of white jasmine, yellow and red flowers, with a vertical tilak on his forehead and his right hand raised in greeting. Around him, many people in white shirts and white sarees press close, including a woman in a saffron-bordered sari beside him, a woman in a white sari with a dark mala, and a small child held up near the top centre. A yellow-and-red ornamented canopy pole and white banners with Tamil text rise above the crowd. The appearance of the central man matches the a person cues of long hair, saffron clothing and garland, and he is in a crowd greeting people.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02A street procession in daylight with a central man in a flowing saffron-orange robe over a red undershirt, long dark hair falling to his shoulders, a red bindi on his forehead, smiling and gently reaching toward a hand offering yellow flowers from a green plastic bag. Behind him a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a mala and a red-and-orange cloth, and a crowd in white clothes follows. Above, red-and-yellow embroidered umbrella canopies on poles frame the scene. Handheld placards show portrait photographs of a saffron-turbaned man and printed Tamil text. Garlands of white jasmine and marigold hang nearby. Several people are visible in the crowd, with at least six clearly visible.2009-02-02A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead wears an orange saffron wrap over a red undershirt and is garlanded with a long necklace of white jasmine, yellow marigolds, red flowers and green leaves. Two hands with painted nails place the garland on his shoulders. Behind him, a woman with a red bindi and a red-dotted parting watches from a crowd, and a wooden pole with a white tie is visible at upper right. A yellow floral sari sleeve appears at lower right.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02Outdoor street scene in bright sunlight during a procession. A smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi and an orange saffron shawl over a red undershirt stands at centre, receiving a yellow coconut offered by a man in a white shirt in the foreground. A man on the left wears a white shirt, orange shawl and rudraksha mala and holds a red cloth. Behind them a woman in white with a small bindi and several men with raised handheld placards crowd the frame; the placards show Tamil script in red and pink lettering. a person in saffron shawl with long hair and bindi, receiving a coconut.2009-02-02A smiling man with long dark hair wears a thick garland of white jasmine, yellow marigold and pink and red flowers over an orange saffron cloth. He raises his right hand to touch the forehead of a man in a white shirt who bows toward him, with a folded-hands gesture. Behind them stands a crowd on a street, with an orange flag and a white handwritten placard reading in Tamil. The setting appears to be a roadside street procession.2009-02-02