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Truck loaded with puris in Samohik Vivah, Tonk. Puris as far as the eye can see! Puri by the tractor-load... Food for the visiting families and guests at the 96 couple massed child wedding in Tonk, May 2011. Welcome to polyunsaturated fats, cheap unrefined oil and the world of cholesterol! Healthy hearts for the masses... What a sight! Mass sweating in progress!!! In the sweltering May heat of Rajasthan, the temperature can exceed 50 degrees Celcius in the sun. People are fanning themselves in the hot shamiana tent, where wedding fires or havan fires are only adding to the heat and sweltering conditions. Mass marriage taking place in Tonks, a district in Rajasthan. All the brides and grooms are within 12-18 years of age. Brides wear identical looking clothing, as supplied by the organizing
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