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A dense outdoor street procession in a village setting with tiled roofs, palm trees and a parked white van. Women in bright blue, teal and white saris carry brass pots and tall decorated trays heaped with flowers, fruit and green leaves under colourful fringed parasol-like canopies in red, yellow and blue. Many crowded men and boys in checked shirts, white kurtas and caps press around them, some raising hands, and a cameraman with a video camera films the crowd. Marigold garlands and yellow flowers adorn the women's hair. Scene shows a festival-style procession with offering trays, with no clearly visible a person figure.

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A dense street procession in a village lane with a crowd of men, women and children pressing forward with raised arms. In the foreground a young man in a brown shirt and checked lungi looks toward the camera, and a middle-aged man in a white shirt stands at centre. On the right, several women in colourful saris carry brass pots topped with fronds and flower garlands on their heads, a ritual procession style. Above them are ornate multicoloured canopy umbrellas and a yellow-and-red decorated palanquin-style structure with flower garlands. Behind the crowd a white SUV and a tiled-roof house with festoons of flowers and banana leaves line the road. Two photographers with cameras stand at the left edge.2008-11-24Outdoor village street procession in India, with palm trees and a corrugated-roof house behind. Women and girls in colourful saris and salwar kameez carry brass pots with feathery green fronds and flower garlands on their heads, while a large crowd of onlookers stands along the road. Two ornate ceremonial umbrellas with red, blue and yellow geometric patterns are held aloft, and a painted cart or palanquin with a decorated canopy sits on the right. A cameraman films from the left.2008-11-24Outdoor village procession moving along a dirt lane between low tiled-roof houses with turquoise walls. Women in saris of orange, red, purple and green lead, several balancing brass pots or kalashas topped with yellow flower and leaf decorations. Ahead, a tall palm-frond canopy and decorated umbrellas in red, yellow and blue mark the procession. Men in white dhotis play large drums, and a cameraman films the crowd near a white wall. Spectators line the edges, some with folded hands in greeting. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this view.2008-11-24November 24 20082008-11-24November 24 20082008-11-24A photograph of an outdoor procession in a village street. Women and girls in teal, magenta and purple saris and salwars carry brass pots and kalasha vessels topped with green palm fronds and white flowers, some with flower garlands in their hair. Two ceremonial umbrellas with red, yellow and multicoloured canopies and fringed borders are held aloft above the procession. A man in a saffron-orange robe and orange headwear walks in the middle of the group, with a long-haired figure in orange at his side. Older women in teal and blue saris and young children watch from the roadside, and a thatched roof and tiled houses line the background.2008-11-24November 24 20082008-11-24Outdoor procession on a dirt path lined with palm trees and banana leaves, with a large crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white shirts and dhotis. Several tall decorated umbrellas in red, yellow and blue with embroidered teardrop panels and gold finials are carried above the crowd. Near the center, a man in a light blue checked shirt presses his palms together in anjali. On the right, a bearded man in orange robes and rudraksha beads walks among other saffron-clad sadhus. A woman in a gold and brown sari with a beaded necklace walks in the foreground. Orange festival flags line the left edge.2009-01-01A dusty village lane in Bidadi, Karnataka, with a procession moving past whitewashed and tiled houses under a clear sky. Drummers in white dhotis and shirts beat large drums, while a man in a white shirt and dhoti carries a basket-like drum. A figure in an orange robe and crowd of men in white and red shirts walk alongside, and women in saris of blue, purple and orange watch from doorways. A decorated umbrella with yellow and red panels and a few fringed poles rise above the crowd, with a young boy in yellow in the foreground. The scene reads as a festival procession with drum accompaniment.2008-11-24January 21 20092009-01-21A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with palm trees and a low boundary wall. Several large, ornate umbrellas in pink, red, green and yellow fabric with tasselled borders shade a central group. Many men in orange and saffron clothing walk ahead, and a palanquin-style canopy is carried at the centre. Dense crowds of men and women in white, yellow and checked clothes press around the procession, while a uniformed police officer and several photographers with video cameras and microphones film the scene from the foreground. A small white shrine with a golden dome stands beyond the road.2009-07-23November 13 20062006-11-13