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A photograph of a festive group dance under a covered open-air pavilion with red wooden posts hung with marigold garlands. In the foreground, a woman in a cream and gold sari with a red border smiles and gestures. Beside her, a man in an orange kurta with a striped orange headpiece and a multicoloured embroidered waistband dances with raised arm. A man in an orange-striped kurta wears a blue and yellow sash and an orange-and-yellow turban. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti with a red headcloth and red sash dances with raised hands. On the right, a man in a dark brown patterned tunic with a red headcloth and red sash dances. Behind them, a woman in white robes and a saffron-clad figure watch, a young child in orange and purple stands, and a man in white with a lanyard stands at the right edge. Floor is pale concrete.

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