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A young girl pulls strands on an oversized, multicolor basket.

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A dining table set with more than a dozen dishes of food, including white rice, meat on skewers, stewed vegetables, and sliced cucumbers.

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Two men with long hair, one older and one younger, perform with eyes closed on stage. They each hold a painted rattle, and the older man in the foreground also holds a microphone.

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Digital illustration of a large mothlike figure, flying above a forested area and a single car driving down a road at nights. Its eyes are glowing red.

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Several men and women dressed in all black, standing in formation with a towering stone mountain behind them.

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American Sign Language alphabet

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