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Night procession on open ground lit by fireworks bursting in the dark sky above. Two tall gold-tipped poles carry yellow banners with red and blue panels, flowers, and a white bird emblem. Behind them, red, orange and blue ceremonial umbrellas trimmed with silver sequins are carried over devotees. Many devotees wear white clothing, and some are smeared with coloured powder; one bare-chested devotee raises hands at right. Strings of coloured lights run across the background.

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Night procession with fireworks bursting in the dark sky above. Two tall gold-tipped poles carry large saffron-yellow flags with red and blue medallion emblems and floral embroidery. Behind them, red and blue ceremonial umbrellas with sequined fringe are held aloft. Several people walk in the foreground, mostly with grey-blue and yellow-powdered hair and white or ochre-coloured clothing, one wearing a saffron cloth. Colourful string lights glow at the left edge.2016-10-30Night procession outdoors on a sandy ground under a dark sky, with a bright firework or flare shooting sparks and smoke upward at the top left. Foreground: a man in a white short-sleeved shirt holds a pink umbrella-style canopy with a silver-sequin fringe, and beside him a grey-haired woman in a white and orange sari, her face and hair dusted with coloured powder, steps forward. Two tall poles carry ceremonial banners, one yellow and one orange-red, decorated with floral patterns and a white bird emblem. Behind them a blue canopy and a crowd of devotees, several with powder-dusted hair and clothes, fill the frame. Strings of coloured lights line the distant grounds.2016-10-30Night procession outdoors with devotees carrying red and blue ceremonial parasols trimmed with sequined fringe and tall gold-tipped standards with yellow and red embroidered flags bearing a blue emblem and floral borders. Several people are smeared with bright blue, yellow and green powder; one man in a blue shirt holds a parasol, a woman in a yellow-green sari walks beside him, and an elderly person in green-stained white clothes holds a standard in the foreground. Fireworks or a flare burst above with smoke trails, and string lights line the ground in the background.2016-10-30Night outdoor celebration with a crowd gathered on dirt ground under fireworks bursting in the dark sky at left, with smoke trails rising. Several ornate umbrellas with red, orange and yellow canopies edged in mirrored sequins are raised above the crowd. Men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing a white head cloth, and people in striped and checked shirts stand close together. Strings of green and white lights line the grounds, and a stage with bright blue and pink lighting glows in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible among the crowd.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night-time outdoor festival crowd at an event with ornamented umbrella-style canopies. Several tall poles carry decorated umbrellas in red and yellow with bead fringes and round emblems, lit by a bright stage light in the background. Dense crowd of people fills the lower and middle frame, mostly men in shirts and dhotis, with a few women in headscarves visible at left. Strings of green and blue lights line the grounds, trees stand at right, and sparks or fireworks drift in the upper left sky. No single figure can be clearly identified as the a person, so the candidate status is uncertain.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night-time outdoor celebration photographed from ground level, with a dense crowd of people in the foreground and midground under a dark sky with fireworks and sparks streaking overhead. Tall umbrella-like canopies in red and yellow with fringed, sequined edges and pole-mounted tops rise above the crowd, lit by blue and white stage lights. Some people raise their arms, and smoke drifts at the left edge. Green string lights and a lit stage structure line the background, with trees silhouetted on the right.2016-12-23A night-time outdoor festival procession under many umbrellas, with a crowd of devotees gathered on a dark ground. Red, orange, and multicoloured umbrellas with fringed edges are held aloft above the people, several in pink, green, and gold tones. Fireworks burst in gold and white sparks above an illuminated ornate temple gopuram in the background. String lights in green, red, and blue decorate the surroundings, and a tall portrait banner stands at right. Many people, mostly men in shirts and dhotis and some women in saris, are visible in the crowd, which is large but not all individuals are clearly countable.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night photograph of a large outdoor crowd at a festival celebration. Several decorated umbrellas on poles, mostly yellow and red with sequined or silver-trimmed borders, rise above the people. Fireworks burst and sparkle in the dark sky at upper left, with smoke drifting. Green and blue stage lights and a row of illuminated green-lit pillars line the grounds. Many men in white and light-coloured shirts and dhotis stand packed together, some with raised arms, and a few wear head cloths. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-12-23