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Night procession on a pale sandy ground. In the foreground a performer in a white dhoti and yellow-patterned shorts with a red-and-gold wrap bends low, body folded forward, feet with ankle bells on the sand, holding a red cloth band. Behind him, a line of men in white dhotis and shawls, some in orange cloth, stand around drummers playing barrel drums. A man in white sits on a red tractor at left, a photographer with a camera stands nearby, and orange, red and blue ceremonial umbrellas rise above the crowd, with a red flag on a pole. A decorated wooden cart with flowers is at right.

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