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Close photograph of a smoky ritual scene. A bronze lamp-like vessel on a metal stand holds a small flame and smoke rises around it. A person in a red garment with white sacred markings on the forearm, and wearing a thin gold bangle, tends the flame with their hands. A wooden post and wooden frame sit at the left edge, with another person's hands partly visible above. The scene suggests a fire ritual, but the exact rite cannot be confirmed from the image.

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