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A street procession in an Indian town. A group of about a dozen men in white shirts and white dhotis ride motorcycles down a narrow paved road lined with white and orange-roofed houses, a multi-storey building, and utility poles. Several riders carry small flags, one with orange and another white. In the foreground at left, an elderly man in white sleeves raises his arm toward the riders, and a silver van with a framed portrait on its dashboard follows them. A brick wall and roadside grass run along the right side.

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