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Outdoor procession on a dirt road at Bidadi during the Jayanti Brahmotsavam celebrations. Drummers in white dhotis and white caps play large red-and-white drums, one with painted decoration, while a central dancer in a black jacket, red-and-white turban and red-fringed skirt with bells walks with a stick. Behind them, a yellow canopy and a decorated palanquin-style float are carried, and people in yellow and red shirts line the route. Tall red flags and a large painted face of a turbaned figure stand at the right edge, with bamboo scaffolding and banana plants in the background.

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