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Street procession in an Indian town with many red flags and multicolored umbrellas raised above the crowd. Drummers in orange tunics and orange turbans play large drums on the left. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside, with several holding taut ropes that hold back the crowd. Devotees in white kurtas and orange stoles walk among onlookers, and one man in a white turban wears a white dhoti. A large banner on the left shows a painted portrait of a bearded saint with a red-and-white garland. Shops with signboards line the street behind the procession.

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