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color: #28292b\">Queen Karnavati of Mewar sent a Rakhi to Mughal emperor Humayun, seeking protection from invasion\u2014highlighting Rakhi as a political and protective symbol<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"5f9186c9-a5a9-446b-8991-e1e14eeb96ef\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-09183be7-9baa-4afd-af58-b81700846445\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":350,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-f973d2d2-d149-4f38-9068-8e5e5d94d16b\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 100.05051%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":350,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-8e3d3cda-3ea0-4def-8486-afc81b11909f\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-9f81a64f-9592-48c4-bbee-233c12154474\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-111.27596%, 0px, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#f3d9e1\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-0e99aa42-5558-4212-9cf9-ef6869d09302\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:38.02589%;width:100.24272%;height:71.19741%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-09183be7-9baa-4afd-af58-b81700846445\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-f973d2d2-d149-4f38-9068-8e5e5d94d16b\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 100.05051%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-39d01989-f7d8-4aea-bb6a-b615dbbe65a4\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:127.27273%;left:0%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rabindranath-tagore.webp\" alt=\"Rabindranath-Tagore\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:9.2233%;top:5.66343%;width:81.79612%;height:25.56634%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-8e3d3cda-3ea0-4def-8486-afc81b11909f\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-9f81a64f-9592-48c4-bbee-233c12154474\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-111.27596%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" id=\"el-a64f08f5-1e09-46fa-be08-85dac375c415\">\n<h2 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.3390207715133529% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #28292b\">Rabindranath Tagore used Raksha Bandhan to unite Hindus and Muslims during Bengal\u2019s partition\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #28292b\">proving <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #28292b\">it\u2019s more than a personal celebration<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"ba1260c2-12a3-4e1e-bef8-393df93f28fd\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-d1700783-93c8-4552-b3ed-543ed1250476\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":350,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-54e906f4-fdbc-4354-9da2-deb0aa8bc536\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 100.05051%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":350,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-fe661ddb-aa1c-4b49-b4f3-8be3f9388d8a\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-bc1ac3cf-ef1e-4949-b5ac-61ac3c2bb270\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-111.27596%, 0px, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:white;background-image:radial-gradient(#61c12c 0%, #82ad6b 100%)\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-f5ff5d00-13ca-422c-ac6f-eaf6364db24f\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:38.02589%;width:100.24272%;height:71.19741%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-d1700783-93c8-4552-b3ed-543ed1250476\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-54e906f4-fdbc-4354-9da2-deb0aa8bc536\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 100.05051%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-8dd94a44-70a7-4af8-8b33-b95abef8efe2\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:147.23036%;height:100%;left:-31.16911%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/508656322-3284016685073039-3475535823948740551-n.jpg\" alt=\"508656322_3284016685073039_3475535823948740551_n\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:9.2233%;top:4.36893%;width:81.79612%;height:21.68285%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-fe661ddb-aa1c-4b49-b4f3-8be3f9388d8a\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-bc1ac3cf-ef1e-4949-b5ac-61ac3c2bb270\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-111.27596%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" id=\"el-baebf53d-3f5e-40f7-8b82-5f86dd3b1779\">\n<h2 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.3390207715133529% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #28292b\">Today, Rakhi extends to soldiers, friends, even communities\u2014celebrating love, respect, and protection among all relationships<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"713c83cd-93a8-404a-bcf0-b815a213e908\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-afc80f79-ed24-4af5-b2fd-065bc536b62a\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":350,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-81f981be-b857-4c28-8c8d-b5a759fd5266\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 100.05051%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":350,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-aeb678ef-2fe7-4166-b842-9bbe2b363522\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-a0f097d4-659f-4544-b173-e50da43637b1\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-111.27596%, 0px, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:white;background-image:radial-gradient(#5daf9b 0%, #4b8e7e 100%)\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-172b406d-fb69-4765-b718-ee72cd2a23f6\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:38.02589%;width:100.24272%;height:71.19741%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-afc80f79-ed24-4af5-b2fd-065bc536b62a\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-81f981be-b857-4c28-8c8d-b5a759fd5266\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 100.05051%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-27947e04-260c-4f0e-881b-92a3148e3e1f\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:189.40005%;height:100%;left:-54.41755%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/722693-narali-purnima.avif\" alt=\"722693-narali-purnima\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:9.2233%;top:3.72168%;width:81.79612%;height:21.68285%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-aeb678ef-2fe7-4166-b842-9bbe2b363522\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-a0f097d4-659f-4544-b173-e50da43637b1\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-111.27596%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" id=\"el-9472ceb1-7dc4-42ec-9571-c575e57ecc03\">\n<h2 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.3390207715133529% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #28292b\">In different parts of India, Raksha Bandhan blends with local customs like Narali Poornima in Maharashtra or Jhulan Purnima in Odisha<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"e7b4713e-9c61-45d7-a602-5978913652ea\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-c6e1bc79-525c-45d7-b4b5-b4e0ab1518b8\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":350,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-35561b7f-c971-4ee0-b87b-ae8cf3832652\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 100.05051%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":350,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-344c5560-4c89-4c7f-ba58-ba68765d5d87\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-e3ea83cd-541f-4933-b11a-31da9c13ff94\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-111.42433%, 0px, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:white;background-image:radial-gradient(#dd5a6b 0%, #cc4d5c 100%)\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-7b07b624-a932-4a0f-b381-ca3f5642876e\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:38.02589%;width:100.24272%;height:71.19741%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-c6e1bc79-525c-45d7-b4b5-b4e0ab1518b8\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-35561b7f-c971-4ee0-b87b-ae8cf3832652\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 100.05051%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-78d26444-6cc4-4f1d-8e56-25568c43933e\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:106.53753%;height:100%;left:-6.53753%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/photo-1693473812472-a9f1887a6b2d.avif\" alt=\"photo-1693473812472-a9f1887a6b2d\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:9.34466%;top:5.66343%;width:81.79612%;height:21.68285%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-344c5560-4c89-4c7f-ba58-ba68765d5d87\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-e3ea83cd-541f-4933-b11a-31da9c13ff94\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-111.42433%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" id=\"el-20178964-e83b-4386-a122-d803f4b2543c\">\n<h2 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.3390207715133529% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; 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