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A dusty dirt road during a procession, with drummers in yellow head-cloths and dark costumes playing large hand drums in the foreground. Behind them, a line of men in white dhotis and white shirts stands along the roadside, some wearing lanyards. Colourful ornamental umbrellas and a banana palm appear in the background under bright sunlight. Several figures in dark costumes and yellow turbans beat drums as they move forward. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this frame.

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