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A large open-sided relief kitchen under a tarpaulin roof on bare ground, serving cyclone-relief annadaan in Kuttiyankuppam village. Volunteers in white head caps and aprons stir big metal pots over fires and tend steaming cooking vessels on blue tarps. A man in the foreground leans over a wide steel pot stirring cooked vegetables. Other workers in white shirts and dhotis stand among stacked grain sacks, plastic buckets and orange plastic chairs, while women in colourful saris sit on tarps at the right. The scene includes bamboo supports and a row of red and white striped cloth in the background.

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January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of an open-sided outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and tarpaulin, used for mass food preparation. Large steel cooking vessels sit on open wood fires on bare ground. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and women in saris, wear blue-green hair caps and work around the pots and metal trays of cooked rice and prepared food. Sacks, plastic packets and bowls lie on the ground. Palm trees and a boundary wall are visible behind, and a child stands at the right. Plain work clothing and the open ground suggest a relief-food setting.2012-01-04A busy outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin and striped canopy, where volunteers prepare food for an annadaan meal. Large metal cooking pots sit on simple iron stove stands over firewood, and men in white shirts, dhotis or aprons and white head caps stir and carry vessels. One man in an orange-red-trimmed white garment lifts a red cylinder. Stacked vegetables and metal containers sit on tables in the background, and a few other people in casual clothing move among the stalls. Bamboo poles hold up the awning. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Open-sided shed with a corrugated metal roof serves as a community kitchen for food distribution. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi with a red head cloth stirs a large pot with a long metal ladle over a wood fire. Several large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels sit on the sandy ground and on stoves, with bags of rice and piled greens nearby. Other workers in white and plain clothing, some with head coverings, move around the stations. A green-leafed tree line and a hazy sky appear beyond the shed.2012-01-06Outdoor relief camp under a corrugated metal roof with wooden posts, sheltering a food distribution (annadaan) operation in a village setting with palm trees. Volunteers in white surgical caps and hairnets sit on the ground chopping vegetables from sacks of produce and stir large steel cooking pots. Blue tarpaulin is spread with rice and grain sacks and steel containers. Many people mill about in mixed clothing, some in white. In the right foreground a man in a white dhoti with an orange-yellow border stands barefoot, his back partly turned to the camera; he is not further identified. Plastic chairs and a red bucket are scattered around the site.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06A large open-sided tin-roofed tent serves as a community kitchen, with blue tarps spread on the dirt floor and steel cooking pots and vats set on the ground. Many workers wear white head caps and aprons while stirring pots, chopping produce, and handling sacks, and several seated volunteers sit on red plastic chairs around a big cooking pot. Heaps of green vegetables and fruit, bundled grain sacks and bowls fill the foreground, and striped awnings and palm trees appear beyond the tent.2012-01-06