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Outdoor street procession in a South Indian town on a bright day, with trees and a small building behind. Women in yellow and black traditional saris with yellow head cloths beat drums and walk at the centre of the road. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside; one older man in front wears a long red-orange garland. A man in a checked shirt carries a small child in red and green. A silver Toyota Etios-type car sits in the left foreground. Crowds of onlookers in white and colourful clothing fill the road, and a red umbrella is visible at upper left.

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