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Outdoor ceremony under a metal-framed shelter with a sandy floor decorated with white kolam designs. In the foreground a large square of marigolds and roses surrounds a heap of white flowers and small brass lamps on a maroon cloth, with banana bunches, brass vessels, a plate of flowers and leafy kalasha-like pots nearby. Seated at left, a woman in orange clothing and a headpiece tends the offerings beside a bundle of sugarcane. Behind, rows of people in orange, green and blue saris and dhotis stand and sway with raised sticks. At the centre a seated figure in a red shawl and rudraksha-style garlands sits on a raised platform beneath a canopy with triangular decorative banners.

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January 14 20182018-01-14KAILASA FAMILIA PORTUGUESA, PORTUGAL on 1/14/20182018-01-14 +1 copiesJanuary 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14KAILASA FAMILIA PORTUGUESA, PORTUGAL on 1/14/20182018-01-14 +1 copiesA Pongal celebration outdoors under an open shelter with a red-brick wall. In the foreground, a seated man in orange cloth sits on a striped rug with his back to the camera, facing a white kolam rangoli design decorated with marigold garlands, bananas, and a small kalasha-like pot with coconut and leaves. Clay pots with garlands stand at left, and a large offering tray heaped with yellow flowers, rose petals and lit lamps sits at right. Sugarcane stalks lie at the lower right. Behind them, a standing man in a maroon robe and a large saffron-and-gold turban wears a long marigold garland and gold necklaces, hands folded in prayer. Around 20 people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis stand behind in a semicircle, many with palms joined, including several children. A decorated ceremonial parasol with a crest appears at upper right.2018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14A photograph of a Pongal ritual outdoors under a open-sided pavilion. A man in a maroon-and-gold dhoti with a maroon turban and a long white flower garland stands center with palms joined in namaskar before an altar. Several people in orange-saffron robes with rudraksha malas stand around; one bare-chested bearded man holds a brass tray of flowers, and another holds a round brass plate. The altar is a large square heaped with yellow and white marigolds and red flowers, with sugarcane stalks, bananas, brass lamps, a kalasha and small brass bowls. Floor rangoli and a yellow-and-red pennant flag appear at right.2018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14Outdoor ritual in a covered open-sided pavilion with a sandy ground. Sannyasis in saffron-orange robes sit on striped mats around a floral kolam drawn in white on the floor, edged with yellow marigold garlands, with brass kalasha pots, pineapples, bananas, and a flower-covered platform with an offering tray. A bare-chested priest in orange cloth with a rudraksha-style headband pours from a vessel at the right. A standing figure at left wears a maroon-brown robe with a tall red turban, long beaded mala and large ceremonial garland, and stands before a crowd of devotees, many in orange, some children with palms together, others in white dhotis and maroon saris. A brass oil lamp and a yellow ceremonial flag stand at right.2018-01-14