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A homa fire ritual in a stone-walled room with carved wooden doors. In the foreground a fire burns in a wooden fire pit beside brass vessels and a plate of green leaves. Several shaved-headed young men wearing orange cloth and beaded necklaces sit on striped mats around the fire, one tending it with a long ladle, and another reaching toward a tray of offerings decorated with coloured powder. Boys in white dhotis with white body markings stand in the doorway, and a long-haired seated participant in orange sits at right. Six or so people are visible in total.

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