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Outdoor photo of a sack race on a bare sandy ground at an ashram-like compound. Several women and girls hop forward with their legs inside burlap sacks, mid-motion and blurred. The lead woman in the foreground wears a cream and gold sari with a red and white shawl and bangles, and her hair flies out behind her. Behind them, a girl in an orange-trimmed white top and other women in white and pastel saris, including a white-clad figure with a bag, stand and watch. Trees, a red-roofed shed, a stacked pile of sacks and a light pole are in the background.

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Outdoor photo of a sack race on a dusty sandy ground at an ashram field. Several women in white tops with red, yellow or orange sashes stand in burlap sacks pulled up to their waists, hands at their sides, lined up on a chalk-marked start line. Behind them a few people in white clothing watch, a string of small lights hangs overhead, palm trees and a red-banded stand are in the background under a pale sky.2010-12-27A sack race on a sandy open ground at dusk. Six women stand in a row wearing sacks as skirts, with orange sashes or scarves across their shoulders and white or beige tops, several with yellow or red wraps. They appear mid-hop, leaning forward with hands on hips. Behind them, a white-clad group watches, including a woman in white at left. 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