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Outdoor street procession in a crowded market lane. A woman in the centre wears a deep red saree with a bright yellow-orange shawl, an orange headband with feather plume, and carries a decorated pot or ornament. Around her, men in white dhotis and shirts and orange-trimmed clothing stand and walk; drummers beat large hand drums, and a man in a purple shirt and red-and-yellow dhoti holds a stick. A colourful striped umbrella with tassels overhangs the scene on the right, and stalls with hanging goods line the background. A young man at right wears a white kurta and dhoti with a rudraksha-style mala.

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