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Outdoor gathering under a large red and gold patterned canopy with a striped fringe, where many people sit on blue plastic chairs in rows. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, green, orange and purple, some with flowers in their hair; men wear white shirts and dhotis or striped shirts. Several men stand among the seated crowd, and a red cloth backdrop with a painted figure hangs behind a table at the centre. Plastic bags and a small tray sit on the table, and a bright parasol shows at the back. Readable date stamp reads 13/03/2011 at the lower right.

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