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Night outdoor ceremony on a raised red-draped stage. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with a gold-framed back holds a long silver staff, wearing a red-orange robe with a red shawl and gold necklace; a person candidate with long swept-back hair, with the throne and ceremonial adornments as cues. Gold-fringed parasols with red and gold trim stand behind him. To the right, a line of roughly 20 young people in white, cream, yellow and orange dhotis and saris stands with hands folded in namaskar. A man at the far right in an orange-yellow dhoti holds a flame. A smoky haze rises at left and bamboo stands behind the stage.