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Outdoor procession at dusk along a path beside a terracotta-coloured wall and green foliage. A richly decorated palanquin with a multicoloured canopy and a deity murti inside is carried forward. Men in white dhotis and shirts lead, one playing a long horn-like wind instrument, others carrying drums, including a barrel drum held at the chest by a man in a white shirt. Ornate embroidered banners on poles and a tall gold-topped standard with a gold disc are carried, and a woman in white and an orange-shirted man walk among the crowd. Visible people number roughly 20 or more.

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