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A wedding ritual inside a open-sided hall with a corrugated roof. A bride in a red bandhani-patterned veil and a groom in a red turban and cream-gold embroidered kurta sit on a mat before a smoking fire pit of stacked bricks. A seated priest in orange robes holds a ladle over the smoke while another orange-robed man sits behind him. Trays of flowers, sweets, fruit, coconuts and kalasha-style pots surround the mat, with a gilded throne draped with an orange-and-white flower canopy behind. A standing man in orange with long hair and beard stands by the throne, and a seated orange-robed attendant sits at right near a camera on a tripod and a speaker. A photo collage hangs on the wall. Roughly five people are visible.

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