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Outdoor photo of men carrying a decorated kanwar-style wooden carrier along a dusty riverside path with trees behind. The carrier is wrapped in yellow and pink marigold-like garlands, red and white pennants, pink flower bunches on top and green parrot-like ornaments. Three men walk with it: a young man on the left in an orange scarf, red shorts and a plaid shirt with a red bead necklace; a man in the centre in a khaki t-shirt and orange dhoti carrying the pole on his shoulder and holding a rope; and a partly visible man on the right in red-and-white checked clothing and grey trousers, with a red-draped section of the carrier hanging below. Water is visible behind them.

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