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A street procession in an Indian town, with a decorated ratha or palanquin carried through a crowd. Above it, a large golden canopy and a smaller orange umbrella shade the figures on the cart; the cart is draped in marigold and white flower garlands and hung with bells and tassels. Strings of colourful pennants run over the street. Men in white dhotis and orange or red shirts stand close to the cart, and many in the crowd raise hands or phones. A figure with long dark hair stands on the cart in a red garment, but the identity is not clear enough to name. Cameras and a video rig are visible at the left edge.

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