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Dusk procession at an outdoor festival ground. A central man in a dark maroon-brown robe with a gold-toned pendant necklace and a red bindi raises one hand in greeting and smiles, walking between tall tiered red umbrellas with fringed edges. Behind him an orange-umbrella is held up, and seated figures in saffron-orange robes sit on red-cushioned chairs. Strings of multicoloured lights and a crowd on bleacher stands fill the background under a pale dusk sky.

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