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A photograph of a crowd gathered beside a dark grey minivan at a festival site. In the centre, a person in an orange-red turban and layered gold necklaces and bangles leans into the open van door, one hand on the door. Two shaved-headed men in saffron and orange shawls with gold-clasped rudraksha malas stand in front, backs toward the camera. On the right, a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a red-brown rudraksha garland and gold bangles rests a hand on a companion's shoulder. Behind them, people in white kurtas and red-and-white sashes stand near a red structure with coloured ceremonial pennants overhead.

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