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A festival procession in bright daylight. Four young men in matching leopard-print sleeveless tops with black waist cloths and yellow head wraps walk forward, one singing with an open mouth and holding a silver bowl-shaped drum, another playing a large drum. Their faces bear white and red forehead markings, and they wear beaded necklaces and wrist bands. Colourful umbrellas in pink, yellow and red stand behind them, and an orange-clad figure on the left is partly visible. Two men in dark clothing stand in the background, and a dark mop-like figure appears at the left edge.

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