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a man painting an enormous wood and paper effigy of a purple head for a Hindu festival
October 11, 2020 | Festival Art
A craftsman works on a wood-and-paper effigy of Ravana, a 10-headed demon king, for the 1962 Dussehra Festival in New Delhi, India. During the Hindu festival, torches will set the effigy ablaze, and fireworks will shoot out of its eyes.
