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Several saffron-robed monks stand waist-deep in clear turquoise water, some holding silver tridents aloft. A man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested with an orange shawl and orange-red beaded necklace, stands centre-front with palms pressed together at his chest and eyes closed, in apparent prayer. Other monks with shaved heads hold their hands to their faces or raise a hand, and one monk on the left has his face and head smeared with white ash, holding a small trident.

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