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Outdoor photo at a roadside ritual during a procession. In the foreground a woman in a teal blouse and blue sari holds her hands out over a young girl with a red bindi, while another woman in a red floral dress has her palms together and a young girl in orange clothes with a braid stands at right with hands folded in prayer. Behind them a woman in a yellow sari stands beside a large red, yellow and blue patterned pot, and a brass plate of flower petals and garlands sits near the front. A man in white and women in saris and white clothes crowd the area, and a blue van with people standing on it is visible at upper right under green trees.

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