Night procession photograph in dim blue light. A performer in an orange-red robe with a bare upper back and a dark headdress with beaded ornaments plays a long brass horn held to his mouth. Behind him, another performer in orange-red clothing raises an arm beside a loose cord and small bells. Blurred street lamps and dark figures fill the background of a street procession. - Nithyanandapedia

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Night procession photograph in dim blue light. A performer in an orange-red robe with a bare upper back and a dark headdress with beaded ornaments plays a long brass horn held to his mouth. Behind him, another performer in orange-red clothing raises an arm beside a loose cord and small bells. Blurred street lamps and dark figures fill the background of a street procession.

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