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A photograph taken under a white tarpaulin tent ceiling. Suspended from the centre is a flower-decorated frame of white and yellow garlands with red flowers, with small clay pots hanging from it. Painted, colourfully decorated pillars line the tent edge with strings of white flowers and flags. Below, a crowd of partly visible people stands and sits, mostly seen from behind or at the frame edges, with a small bright light visible along the right wall.

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A photograph of a white-and-yellow flower-garlanded frame hung from a tent ceiling, holding several terracotta pots, possibly for a Holi or celebratory activity. Around it stand devotees in white ritual clothes and an orange shawl, with a man in a pale patterned shirt at left and a child at the far left edge. Pink and red flowers are woven among the jasmine-like white garlands and yellow marigolds. Strings of white flowers and small flags decorate the tent behind, and a tall red-and-white decorated pole is visible at top centre. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2008-11-12A dim photograph of a decorated canopy at night. A hanging ornament of white and yellow flower garlands and dark round objects, possibly coconuts or pots, is suspended from a hook on a dark ceiling. Golden scalloped fabric trim runs along the edge of a pale canopy below it.2008-11-12A photograph of a flower-decorated hanging frame suspended from a rod inside a tent with a pale fabric ceiling. The frame is strung with white jasmine-like garlands, yellow marigold garlands and red flower strands, and four round reddish-brown clay pots hang beneath it, each wrapped with white flowers. Yellow marigold garlands drape down both sides and the centre. No people are visible, and the scene is dimly lit.2008-11-12A photograph taken inside a white tent decorated for a celebration. Overhead, clay pots hang from a garland of white flowers, yellow marigold strands and red beads. Below, a yellow-fringed valance runs along the tent top. At the centre, a figure in white garments sits within an ornate arch of silver and gold decoration on a raised platform, with colourful balloons at its base. Several people in the foreground, partly visible and some in orange or white clothing, face the platform. Garlands line the tent walls, and a banner with a figure is visible behind the platform.2008-11-12A photograph taken upward at a white tent ceiling from which a frame of flower garlands hangs. Yellow marigold and white jasmine strands hang together with red flower chains, and four terracotta pots are suspended from the wooden frame by cords. A thin white rope runs diagonally toward the right edge. Yellow fabric draping shows along the lower edge of the tent, and a small logo appears in the upper left corner. No people are visible.2008-11-12A photograph of a white ceiling inside a tent or pandal, from which a garland of white and yellow flowers with red strands hangs, with several small clay pots strung along it. A pink balloon floats below the garland. A yellow scalloped fringe decorates the edge of the tent at lower left, and a red and white banner is partly visible at lower right. No people are visible in the frame.2008-11-12A photograph inside a festive tent during a Holi celebration. In the centre, a figure in a cream embroidered kurta with a maroon and gold striped shawl holds a rope that lowers a flower-covered frame of white jasmine and yellow and red garlands, with hanging clay pots. Surrounding devotees wear white clothes, some with orange scarves, and many are smeared with coloured powder. A man at left holds a red heart-shaped balloon. A blurred pastel-coloured mound is in the foreground. Several dozen people are visible in the crowd.2008-11-12A festive photograph of a Holi celebration under a white tent. A woman in a cream salwar with a maroon dupatta pulls a rope that lifts a flower-garlanded frame hung with terracotta pots, decorated with white jasmine and yellow and red marigold garlands. Around her, a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, many with orange shawls, stand splashed with pink and red colour powder. A man on the left holds a red heart-shaped balloon. Colourful bunting and a painted pillar frame the background.2008-11-12A dim tented hall decorated for a festival, with a suspended garland canopy of white and yellow flowers and red-orange clay pots hanging beneath it. Strings of marigold and white blossoms, patterned banners and fluorescent tube lights line the tent edges. In the foreground a smiling man in a white shirt splattered with pink and red powder stands beside a person with curly dark hair, and a man in a white shirt and orange paper cone hat stands at right. Several other people in white clothes fill the background. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2008-11-12Indoor photograph in a tented hall during an evening event. In the foreground, a person with long, voluminous dark curly hair and a cream or white garment stands with back to camera, pulling a white rope that lowers or raises a decorated pot hanging from the ceiling. The pot is wrapped in yellow and white flower garlands with red floral accents. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white clothing with orange shawls stands with hands folded in prayer along a garland-draped rail. On the right, a large painted banner or portrait shows a figure in orange robes. Yellow fabric drapes the tent edge, and white fluorescent lights hang overhead.2008-11-12A photograph inside a large white tent decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands and red flower strands. A pot-shaped decorated pot and a hanging garland arrangement hang from the ceiling, with pink and red balloons. Crowds of devotees in white clothes with orange and saffron shawls stand around, some with arms raised and red-stained faces, as if celebrating Holi with colored powder. In the foreground at right, a woman in a white sparkly outfit with long dark hair holds a long white rope pulled toward a hanging pot, reaching up to break it. In the center, a decorated palanquin-style seat with a golden frame and an orange cloth stands in front of a backdrop. The scene is busy with many people in the background.2008-11-12A photograph inside a decorated tent during a Holi celebration. A central figure in a cream kurta with a brown-and-red patterned shawl holds a rope that lowers a flower-garlanded frame hung with clay pots, marigold and white jasmine garlands with red accents. Around them devotees in white clothes, some stained with coloured powder, smile and gather; one man holds a pink balloon. Paper and cloth bunting in red, yellow and white hangs along the tent walls. An older man at right wears a white dhoti and rudraksha mala. Coloured powder and playful celebration fill the scene.2008-11-12