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The photograph shows the same shaman and same occasion as in previous slides, ARC/BAL/002/004/001-003. His followers shown in the photograph dance around the ring. The cloth they are holding is to protect themselves from his power. There is an horns adn cymbals accompaniment to the occasion.
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