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Outdoor scene at a temple grounds beside a white wall and tall palm trees. Four men in saffron-orange robes stand in a line, hauling ropes to raise a large saffron flag with a white panel toward the sky. The foremost man on the left, with long dark hair, holds the rope with both hands and looks upward. Beside him a man in orange hands on another rope. Behind them two more men in orange clothing look up. A small table draped in pink cloth holds a brass lamp and a brass pot. A stool with an orange cloth sits at left beside a white pillar. Palm fronds fill the upper frame.

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