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A indoor community meal line in a white-walled hall with a pale ceiling and recessed lights. Several people queue at a buffet table covered with a red cloth, serving rice and yellow curry from large steel pots with lids. A woman in a white hooded top with braided hair holds a white plate, and a woman in a lavender top and purple shawl stands beside her. A woman in a dark blue embroidered shawl wearing plastic gloves serves from the pots on the right. Behind them, more people stand and talk. On the right wall, framed mirrors, brass lamps, small bells and a hanging ornament with red tassels are displayed on wooden shelves.

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