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children in Bow Barracks, Kolkata, India, on Christmas Eve
April 24, 2015

Christmas in Kolkata

Families celebrate under a corridor of twinkle lights on Christmas Eve in Kolkata’s Bow Barracks. “This auspicious occasion is celebrated in a very colorful way,” writes Abir Choudhury, a member of our Your Shot community. “I [tried] to highlight them with black and white.”

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Photograph by Abir Choudhury, National Geographic Your Shot

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