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A dense street procession moves through a busy Tamil town under bright daylight. Many men in white shirts and dhotis fill the road, some bare-chested with drums in the lower left. In the foreground, two uniformed men wear red caps with gold trim. A large orange and red decorative fan-shaped emblem with a blue symbol is raised above the crowd on the left. Shops, two-wheelers, a red party flag and roadside hoardings line the street.

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A dense street procession in daylight, with a large crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts filling the road. In the foreground, bare-chested drummers and ritual participants wear orange-yellow dhotis and play hand drums and cymbals. Police officers in khaki uniforms and a man in a red-topped cap stand among the crowd. On the right, an orange and red ceremonial banner on a pole is held aloft. Behind, a multi-storey building with scaffolding has spectators on its balcony, and a white van is parked at left. Posters and signs line the street.2014-06-19June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesA dense street procession moves through a town road lined with shops and signboards under bright daylight. Drummers at left, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis and orange cloths, play large drums and cymbals. A shirtless man in an orange-and-red cloth carries a wooden staff. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti wears a bead necklace. A uniformed police officer in a khaki shirt and red-banded cap walks at right. Behind them a large crowd of men, boys and women in white and checked shirts fills the street, with an orange ceremonial flag raised above the crowd. Several people hold small red and white banners.2014-06-19June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesA large street procession moves down a road lined with parked motorcycles, cars and pink-and-white shopfronts, with a thatched hut and palm trees behind. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk closely together, while bare-chested drummers in orange-and-white cloths beat large drums and carry drum sticks. Two orange and gold banners on poles, one emblazoned with a crest, rise above the crowd. A woman in a green and yellow sari carries a brass pot with flowers near the front. The crowd is dense, with many more people visible in the background and at the sides.2014-06-29 +3 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19A large street procession moves along a road lined with parked motorcycles, cars and shops, under a sunny sky. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk in the crowd, and some carry small saffron-yellow flags with emblems on poles. Drummers in white and orange or red-brown dhotis play hand drums, and bare-chested men in orange cloth stand in the lower right. A man in an orange robe walks near the left, and a young girl in a yellow dress is carried in the lower left. Thatched and blue tarpaulin shelters line the street, with a Tamil signboard visible at the top right.2014-06-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowded street procession in daylight, with many people in white dhotis and white shirts filling the road between shopfronts and parked motorcycles. In the foreground, a bald man in a white shirt plays a long wooden wind instrument, and beside him uniformed police officers wear khaki uniforms with red-and-gold peaked caps. Shirtless drummers with drums and horns stand at left, and a saffron-and-white banner flutters above the crowd. Stalls, colourful buildings and a pink facade line the road under a hazy sky.2014-06-19A dense street procession moves through a town road lined with shops, signboards and scaffolding. Drummers in the foreground play cymbal-like hand instruments; several bare-chested men wear wooden rudraksha-style malas and saffron-and-yellow dhotis. Behind them a uniformed police officer in khaki walks among crowds of men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with red-banded caps. A man at left raises a camera. Many onlookers line balconies and the street, and a white van is parked at left.2014-06-19February 05 20092009-02-05June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copies