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A night-time photograph of a group of people lighting sparklers and fireworks on a concrete ground beside a flight of steps in a dim building courtyard. A woman in a yellow-and-white saree at left holds a bright sparkler while bending forward. A man in a checked shirt stands centre-left with a sparkler. A young boy in a blue-and-white striped shirt holds a sparkler. A young man in a white shirt and dark trousers and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stand on the steps, both wearing pendant necklaces, and one reaches toward a child. A girl in a blue dress with gold trim stands on the steps, and a woman in a pink and blue saree stands at right. Bright fireworks sparks burst across the floor in the foreground, and a few scattered paper casings lie on the ground.

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