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Outdoor ritual at a construction site beside orange-painted metal containers and palm trees. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a full beard wears an orange-red top and rust-coloured dhoti, and holds a large multicoloured ceremonial umbrella over the scene while pouring water or milk from a vessel onto a stone or concrete slab. Beside him, a younger boy in orange cloth stands close. Behind, several shirtless young men in orange and saffron dhotis hold small white hand drums, and a white-clad older man in a white dhoti and shawl stands nearby. Sand, a pipe and freshly dug earth surround the slab.