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Night photograph with strong orange and red tones showing a blurred, motion-streaked figure in red clothing in the foreground, bent forward amid a dense fan of long bamboo-like poles or sticks lit by a bright flame at upper right. Several people in white or cream clothing stand or sit in the background, and a person in white at the right edge appears to beat a drum. The setting is an outdoor ground at night.

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