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A kabaddi-style game played on bare sandy ground at an outdoor festival. Several barefoot young men in white dhotis and white shirts crouch and face each other in the foreground; one wears a yellow sash, and a player in an orange shirt and white dhoti stands at right. Behind them, a large crowd of spectators sits and stands under a hazy sky. At right, a colourful umbrella canopy with red finials, orange flags on poles and a blue barrel are visible. Palm trees and a tree line the distant grounds.

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