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Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees and red and orange flags. Large papier-mache style figures with painted faces, including a pink-robed figure with a turban and a figure in orange and green, are carried or walked along the road. Drummers in yellow and red clothing play large drums on the left. Several white-clad men and women walk along the procession, and a golden canopy with red fringe stands at left. A white van and a banner with orange lettering appear on the right, and a robed figure stands on a raised platform in the background.

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A dusty road procession at an outdoor festival, with many people in white clothes walking among orange flags and bunting. Tall papier-mache figures with large painted faces and headdresses are carried on the left, and a tall figure in a pink cape and green turban walks centre, while a pale green-clad figure in an orange skirt stands nearby. Two older women in dark shawls walk in the middle. A white vehicle with an orange banner is parked at right, and a person stands on its roof. A young girl in white with a long braid stands at right. Palm trees and a yellow canopy frame the scene.2008-12-29December 30 20082008-12-30A festival procession on a dirt road at an outdoor event, with banana leaves, orange bunting strung across the background and a pink and yellow canopy-draped structure behind. In the centre, a man in a pink cloth with a teal turban walks ahead of a figure in a green shimmering shawl and orange garment. To the right, a performer in a red and gold costume with a floral garland and a tall orange headdress stands among drummers in yellow turbans and dhotis playing drums. Men in white kurtas and dhotis walk along the sides, and spectators in white and red stand at the lower edge. A tall decorated figure wearing a red and purple robe is also visible among the procession members.2008-12-30December 29 20082008-12-29December 31 20092009-12-31December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor festival procession on a dusty dirt road under bright sunlight. Towering papier-mache giant figures dominate the scene: a tall figure in a pink shawl over red garments, a figure with a blue pointed hat and green patterned tunic, a round-faced figure with orange forehead markings, and a figure in a green floral garment with a banana-leaf backdrop. Several people in yellow tunics and yellow headbands carry or steady the figures. Orange flags wave among crowds of spectators in white and blue clothing, with a row of orange banners strung along the right side.2008-12-30December 29 20082008-12-29December 31 20092009-12-31December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A dusty dirt road during a festival procession in warm morning light. In the foreground, drummers in mustard-yellow tunics and dark trousers with yellow headbands play a large drum, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti walks nearby. Two oversized papier-mache giant figures with exaggerated painted faces, one in a green patterned costume and one in a blue-green outfit, are carried through the crowd. Further right, another giant figure in pink and a striped turban stands beside a figure in a green and orange outfit. Banana plants line the route, with red-and-white bunting on a fence and red flags behind. Several people in white ritual clothes walk along the road in the background.2008-12-29