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Street procession in a busy Indian town with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing long brass wind instruments (nagaswaram-style horns) and drums. Two central players wear orange-and-yellow tassel cords and one has a red tilak on his forehead. A drummer in a checked shirt beats a dhol with a decorated cloth cover. Behind them, a multi-coloured temple chariot or ratha with a tiered tower stands near a gopuram-style temple structure, with signboards and flags along the street. Several men in white and a uniformed police officer are visible in the crowd. No identifiable a person figure is clearly present.

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