Is second Kumbal at 6:41 actually shorter than first, or the same flags with an earlier stamp
We left at 21:00 last night still hearing drums. Second Kumbal listed 6:41. Plan a shorter sit, or pack biscuits for the same two hours of flags then the tusker.
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I do not invent a duration. Listed start is not length. Pack biscuits, plan 21:15 at the room, leave when your group is done. Second night can feel the same.
Stay for the bit you came for. Nobody hands you a stamp for the last drum.
Ear cups made the long wait possible. Without them we would have left at flags both nights.
If you arrived later you will feel it is shorter because you missed flags. That is not a shorter procession.
We stayed longer the second night because we knew the wait. Plan the longer version.
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