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Sonepur Mela Festival

A young woman performing at one of the regular night dance shows being set up during the yearly Sonepur Mela, Asia's largest cattle market, in Bihar, India, is sitting in the small room where she resides with her husband and son (right) for the duration of the Mela.

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A young woman performing at one of the regular night dance shows being set up during the yearly Sonepur Mela, Asia's largest cattle market, in Bihar, India, is sitting in the small room where she resides with her husband and son (right) for the duration of the Mela.