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A village street in daylight lined with houses, one with orange walls and green stair railings. On the right, a row of men in white dhotis and white shirts stand along the roadside, one wearing a red-orange garland and another with glasses and a lanyard. On the left, women in saris and children, including a girl in a red top and floral skirt, gather and watch. A man in a white dhoti walks down the road in the distance, flanked by people. Rangoli-like patterns of white powder are drawn on the road surface. Power lines and a loudspeaker box are visible.

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