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A dense street procession in a Tamil town on a sunny day. Bare-chested drummers in yellow dhotis play large hand drums and cymbals at the centre, one holding a long wooden stick. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis press forward, some with hands raised in greeting. Two uniformed police officers and a figure in a red-topped cap stand among the crowd. Shops, hanging wires and a white police van line the street, with a few bystanders on the left. No individual here is identifiable as a person from the image alone.

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