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Outdoor food preparation camp under a striped blue, red and green tarpaulin canopy with an orange patterned cloth hung at the side. Several large aluminium cooking pots sit on open stoves beside red LPG gas cylinders, and metal trays and steel vessels are stacked on the ground. Cooks in white head coverings and dhotis or lungis stir and serve food with long ladles. A woman in a headscarf sits in the foreground. Whitewashed buildings and greenery are behind the tent.

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An outdoor kitchen tent with a multicoloured striped canopy and red-and-orange patterned cloth hangings. Several people in light shirts, mostly with their backs to the camera, stand in a line near large steel cooking pots and a big round pan over a stove. A red gas cylinder sits in the foreground beside stacked steel trays, food packets, and a large round metal lid. Palm trees and a white building appear behind the tent, and the ground is bare dirt.2012-01-04Outdoor food-preparation area under a long canopy with striped red, green and maroon edging. Large aluminium cooking pots sit on metal stands over open heat, one pot steaming with yellow food. Several cooks wearing white caps and aprons stir and serve; one man in a light shirt stands at the centre pot. Stainless steel vessels, a bowl of sliced orange vegetables, and a ladle rest on the sandy ground. Coconut palms and a cleared site with debris are in the background.2012-01-04A open-sided outdoor kitchen tent with a striped canvas roof and orange patterned cloth hangings, used for large-scale cooking. Several men and women work around big steel cooking pots set on metal stands, some in white shirts, one man in a green head covering and a white towel over his shoulder stirring a pot. Stainless steel pots and buckets with yellow-stained contents sit on the packed dirt floor, along with a red gas cylinder and a steel tray of food on the right. A white-walled building stands behind the tent. The scene shows communal food preparation.2012-01-03January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a steamy outdoor cooking tent for an annadan relief kitchen. Two men in the foreground stand near large aluminium cooking pots on a concrete floor; one in a white shirt and white trousers with a white towel over his shoulder pours water from a steel ladle into a pot, while a bald man in a cream sweater and white trousers leans in beside him. Behind them, men in white shirts and head cloths tend large steel pots over gas burners beside red LPG cylinders. The tent ceiling is decorated with red and maroon patterned fabric and a striped cloth hangs from a bamboo pole.2012-01-03Outdoor cyclone relief kitchen under a striped fabric canopy and tarpaulin roof, with volunteers cooking annadaan meals in large steel pots on open stoves. Several workers wear white dhotis, white shirts and white hair-nets; a woman in a red-and-orange sari wears gloves and stands at a steel pot in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stirs a pot, and a cameraman films beside the cooking area.2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped purple, green and white tarpaulin canopy supported by wooden poles and rope. Large aluminium cooking pots of rice and vegetable preparations sit on portable gas burners and open fires on bare ground. Several people in casual clothing, some in sarees and one in a red shirt, stir, serve and tend the pots while others stand nearby. Plastic buckets, steel plates and a propane cylinder are scattered in the foreground, with trees and a blurred crowd behind.2012-01-06A covered outdoor kitchen under a striped tent canopy in red, green, orange and blue, where volunteers prepare food for an annadaan relief meal. Several volunteers wear white hairnets and white or red shirts and lungis, one woman in a maroon sari bends over a large steel vessel stirring lentils, and a man in a striped shirt works beside her. Large stainless steel pots marked MSR, bags of grain, LPG gas cylinders and cans sit on the dirt floor, with bright tube lights overhead and an orange plastic chair in the foreground.2012-01-06Outdoor food-service area under a large red and green patterned canopy with striped purple and white edging. Many volunteers in green and white hairnets prepare and serve food from large metal cooking pots on the bare ground. A woman in a cream patterned sari sits at the front, and women in pink, teal and brown saris work at folding tables holding trays and packaged meals. A man in an orange robe stands at right beside a man in a white shirt and green cap. Large black and silver pots, a red plastic bag and orange plastic chairs are scattered around. This is an annadhan food distribution.2012-01-04A photograph of a community food kitchen under a tarpaulin canopy with purple, orange and green striped fabric edging. Several men in white or light hair-net caps stir large steel cooking pots marked MSR over open fires, one using a long wooden ladle. Red gas cylinders sit beside the pots, and sacks of provisions are stacked behind them against a whitewashed wall. A man in a maroon shirt and blue lungi stands at right, and men in lungis and checked shirts work at left, preparing food for distribution.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06