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Night-time Holi celebration at an outdoor event. A man seated on a red-cushioned silver throne with a peacock-feather canopy and rainbow-coloured tassels is smiling and holding a long red-and-yellow staff spraying coloured powder. He wears an orange-red robe, heavy gold necklaces, a rudraksha mala and a pink garland, with a red tilak on his forehead. Beside the throne, a woman in a red sari reaches into a brass vessel of coloured powder while another woman in orange holds a small red packet. A crowd of devotees stands in the foreground, many with powder-dusted clothes, and a lit lamp is visible at lower left.

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