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A street procession on a busy road lined with palm trees and dusty earth, with trucks, motorcycles and cars in the lane at left. Marchers in white traditional clothing carry national banners reading AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, GUADALOUPE, SCOTLAND, SINGAPORE, GREECE and U.S.A., with the U.S. banner in the foreground showing stars and stripes. Several marchers hold orange flags, and a boy in white shirt and pale trousers walks barefoot carrying a rifle-like object. Many participants wear white dhoti-style or sari-style garments, and a man at right wears a rudraksha-style mala. The scene is a padayatra-style procession from the Bidadi festival.

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