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Night procession on a paved open ground during a temple festival. Men and boys in white dhotis and white shirts with orange-red shawls walk in a group, several carrying tall blue umbrellas with gold trim, one lamp-like parasol bearing a scallop pattern. Behind them a wooden-sided vehicle and strings of coloured lights glow against the dark sky, and a red metal shed stands at right. Some figures have white markings on their foreheads and bodies. No candidate for a person is clearly visible among the walkers.

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