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Outdoor photograph of a long white table laid with numerous silver trays and round bowls of offerings arranged in rows for a ritual. Foreground trays hold dried beans, dried sliced roots or herbs, grey-white lumps of material, and small dark round pellets. Behind them, bowls contain marigold and other flowers in yellow, orange, red and purple, plus red and orange powders (likely kumkum or turmeric), white flakes, and dried green herbs. A strip of orange and pink patterned cloth runs down the table between the rows. At the top edge, the knees and feet of seated people in white clothing are partly visible, and a large round copper vessel sits at the right. No faces are shown and no people are clearly visible beyond their lower legs, so the count is uncertain.

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