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Outdoor festival procession in bright daylight with a large crowd behind a vehicle. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind wears a tall rust-orange turban, a dark bead necklace and a gold collar, with bare upper arms and an orange cloth draped over the shoulder. Beside them, a woman in orange clothes plays small brass cymbals, and a bald man in orange sits nearby. Behind them, saffron and white clad men and uniformed police stand among devotees. Hand-painted banners in Hindi hang overhead on tree branches, and an orange flag flies from a vehicle. The scene suggests a Kumbh Mela procession, with the vehicle and crowd filling the background.

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