As soon as we anchored, local children greeted us with garlands of plumeria and pikakke flowers.
In May almost 360 people lost their jobs when rival call centre firm Garlands went into administration.
All the compounds are surrounded by high fences, most of the walls wearing garlands of electric barbed wire.
Ms Mayawati, a former primary-school teacher, is known for her love of diamonds and dalit-sized garlands of banknotes.
Shops are flooded with cherry blossom merchandise and food, the colour pink suddenly popping up in decorative garlands and flower-shaped sweets.
The first of those were greeted with garlands and drums as they arrived at Subang airport on January 1.
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Indians exchange garlands, Jews and Christians exchange rings and Buddhists exchange white scarves.
The curators' choice to decorate the room with garlands, recalling the original show, further gives the display an archaeological feel.
Its old-school pot stills are giant brassy beasts -- topped by Shinto religious garlands -- and fired by powdered natural coal.
Expecting him any minute, VIPs queue outside the mausoleum gate, clutching garlands.
Demand for Ms. Blair's garlands does not end with Derby season.
The blue flows down toward the garlands of fruit and leaves.
"I thought that this was my national duty, " said Masih, who was wearing a white and red turban and had garlands of flowers around his neck.
Haggle over curly-toed Aladdin slippers, colourful textiles and cheap souvenirs then wander down Hindi Lane - a narrow, crowded alleyway lined with garlands of marigolds and Hindu religious paraphernalia.
The extraordinary lobby of the palace is centered on a marble fountain supported by cherubs, while the sky-blue walls are frescoed with cotton-ball clouds, birds, garlands and idealized rural scenes.
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The girls in a group are divided into ten ''kraljevi'' (kings), who wear sabres and men s hats, and about five ''kraljice'' (queens), who wear white garlands on their heads like brides.
At the finish, both mushers rushed to pet their dogs, with Seavey singling out his main leader, 6-year-old Tanner, posing for photos with the dog and another leader, Taurus, wearing yellow garlands.
Both films conclude, too, with floral garlands cast into the ocean, though Payne provides an aftermath a delicious downtime, in which Matt and his children sit on the couch with ice cream and watch TV.
Even among the Hindu faithful, you may notice there are statues of Chinese deities like Kuan Yin that are decorated with the same garlands draped on Shiva and Ganesh, another testament to Penang's cross-cultural appeal.
After Mau, at 18, was made a palu or initiated navigator, hung with garlands and showered with yellow turmeric to show the knowledge he had gained, no other Pacific islander was initiated for 39 years.
This conclusion followed hard on the heels of an external inquiry and reports from the Mental Health Act Commissioners, both of which were positive about the new unit that had replaced Garlands Hospital where the abuse took place.
Everywhere there are mirrors, reflecting them, reflecting Michael and the other guy, reflecting the bounty and the grandeur of it all potted green plants with white lights, garlands, a cone of poinsettia and even, on a pedestal between the elevator banks, an elaborately carved stone urn containing what?
The auspicious bathing days of the Kumbh Mela are decided by the alignment of stars, and the most dramatic feature of the festival is the Naga sadhus ascetics with ash rubbed all over their bodies, wearing only marigold garlands leaping joyfully into the holy waters.
We were a little disappointed to see how small the garlands were each ball turned out to be the size of a large marble as they had looked more substantial in the photo Ms. Parks had emailed, but we went with them anyway since they were the main item we had chosen for both fireplaces.
Eric Doeringer's display catches my eye first, perhaps because it is decorated with garlands of multicoloured triangular flags and hand-written posters touting bargain prices or perhaps because I instantly recognise the work on the walls: there are Hirst's dead butterflies, Yoshitomo Nara's creepy little girls, assume vivid astro focus's psychedelic pastiche, Marilyn Minter's filthy left foot.
Now, in December, as visitors move from house to house, from blacksmith to wigmaker, from restored Capitol to the Royal Governor's Palace, they're walking through a contest on all sides of them: The city's designers hope for ribbons on their wreaths, garlands, "fans" and other seasonal decor, created within guidelines of historical plausibility and authenticity of materials.
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