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Outdoor procession at a Hindu celebration. In the foreground a man wears an orange saffron robe, a gold-embroidered cream turban, a long swept-back hairstyle, a garland of white jasmine and red flowers with gold beads, and a vertical tilak on his forehead. Behind him a bald man in orange and gold beaded necklaces, and a woman in an orange-bordered cream sari and a man in white hold a tall wooden pole or staff. Several other devotees in white and cream clothes stand along the route beside a stone wall, with colourful tassels hanging above. Appearance-based a person cues: long hair, turban, saffron robe, ornate garland and gold beads.

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