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Photograph of a crowded indoor hall with beige carpet and recessed ceiling lights, where a large group of participants stands and moves in a meditative exercise. Many have blindfolds or eye coverings tied with fabric bands, including a woman in a red outfit on the right holding her blindfold up and a woman in a khaki-and-cream dress in the centre. A woman in a bright striped knit sweater with a green head wrap stands at left, and a woman in a blue denim pinafore over a light blue shirt stands in front. Others in salwar kameez and headscarves fill the background, with no clearly identifiable a person visible.

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