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A large outdoor procession moves through a city street lined with palm trees and tall flags in red, orange, yellow, green and purple. Many people walk under ornate umbrellas in green, yellow, pink, red and multicolour designs, some with fringed edges and metal finials. Several men wear white kurtas with red or saffron shawls, and women in saffron and red saris and headscarves walk among the crowd. Behind them, a pink and white banner is partly visible, and a red and yellow poster on a pole shows a deity figure. Onlookers in shirts and caps fill the foreground, many holding phones.

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