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Outdoor photo of a large group of children and boys seated cross-legged on the ground under a broad tree canopy, facing a stone arched shrine. Inside the arch stands a dark statue of a seated figure in white and cream robes, with a small white-clad figure seated at its base on a red-painted mound. A hanging brass bell hangs at right beside a thick tree branch overhead. Most of the seated audience wears white, cream, red and striped shirts. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible in the scene; the central figure is a statue.

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