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A photograph of a festival procession on a dusty sandy ground under bright sunlight. Men in white dhotis and white shirts play drums and wind instruments, including a tall curved horn and a drum with a red cloth cover, while marching forward. Some musicians wear orange and green garments. Behind them, a crowd walks past colourful flags and decorated poles, a red-roofed building and a tall bamboo scaffold with pink and blue cloth. Several people in the crowd wear garlands. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the procession.

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A procession on a dusty dirt road moves past hills and trees under a clear sky. Men in white dhotis and shirts play drums, including a large drum with a red body, and a man in a teal shirt and white dhoti plays a long brass horn. Behind them, women in white saris and a young girl in red walk alongside orange-red flags and decorated umbrellas with red-and-gold tops. A white van with a speaker sits in the middle of the group. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-12-22December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20092009-12-27December 22 20102010-12-22December 27 20092009-12-27A procession on a dirt road moves past red and white draped tents. Musicians in white dhotis and shirts play long nadaswaram-style wind pipes and a drum, while a man in orange cloth beats a barrel drum at right. Several men wear rudraksha-style beaded malas and white garments. Above them a decorated canopy with red, yellow and green patterned cloth and a kalasha-like motif is carried on poles, with orange flags flying behind. Behind the musicians, more people in white follow in a crowd.2005-01-01December 28 20062006-12-28December 22 20102010-12-22December 28 20062006-12-28A photograph of a temple procession moving along a dirt path beside an orange boundary wall. Several men in white dhotis and shirts lead the way, some carrying tall poles topped with round embroidered banners in red, yellow and blue. A young man in a white shirt with a light blue cloth over his shoulder plays a large double-headed drum, and another drummer in white beats a drum beside him. A man in front wears a white shirt and has a vibhuti mark on his forehead. Behind them, a golden palanquin with a yellow canopy and colourful tassels carries a deity murti, surrounded by devotees and red flags against a green-roofed temple structure with palm trees.2010-12-20A large outdoor procession moves along a dusty dirt road under bright hazy sunlight. In the foreground, several men in white dhoti and shirt play drums and cymbals, with a barefoot drummer in a red-brown robe and an orange-and-blue-clad drummer among them. Behind them, a decorated palanquin with a golden canopy and colourful ornamental hangings is carried forward, and ornate ceremonial umbrellas with red, orange and green panels rise above the crowd. Many devotees dressed in white, some women in white saris with yellow borders, follow along the road, with tents and hills in the background.2010-02-12December 28 20062006-12-28