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A garland is a decorative wreath or cord, used at festive occasions, which can be hung round a person's neck, or on inanimate objects like Christmas trees. Originally garlands were made of flowers or leaves.
From the French "guirlande", itself from the Italian "ghirlanda", a braid.
Its a long tradition in India where flower garlands have an important role in every festival, when the deities are decorated with garlands made from different fragrant flowers (often jasmine) and leaves.Only good & fragrant flowers and aromatic leaves are used to make garlands to worship Hindu deities.some of those fragrent flowers are as follows:- jasmine,champaga,lotus,lillies,asoka,nerium,chysanthemum,roses,hibiscus,pinwheel flowers(Tamil-nanthiyavattai),manoranthitam etc. Apart from these leaves like marikhozhundu,maasipachai,kathir pachhai,vetiveer are also used for making garlands. Also fruit, vegetables and currency notes are worn as thanksgiving. Also in wedding the couple wears a wedding garland. In other occasions it is used to show respect to an individual person or statue (murti).In Tamil Nadu marigold,nitya kalyani flower garlands are used only for dead bodies or burial rituals.In functions also garlands are used to denote the main person(host).
Actors: Creep Creepersin (composer), Creep Creepersin (director), Nikki Wall (producer), Dawna Lee Heising (producer), Creep Creepersin (writer), Charlie Vaughn (producer), Elina Madison (producer), Charlie Vaughn (actor), Creep Creepersin (actor), Elissa Dowling (actress), Creep Creepersin (producer), Ford Austin (producer), Scott Geiter (producer), Tim Chizmar (producer), Ronnie Kerr (producer),
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Plot: When Holloman Academy, a posh New England private school, is visited by a demonic headmaster, a humble janitor, who is secretly the guardian of the school, teams up with the headmaster's grandson in order to save the academy.
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Plot: Brendan arrives home to find his girlfriend, Hayley, in the driveway packing up her car full of all of her belongings. As Brendan interrogates Haley on her reasons for leaving, the roommates occasionally interrupt the conversation as they one-by-one inform Brendan about the rent money. Furthermore, the roommates choose to keep themselves in the awkward and uncomfortable situation by watching Brendan and Hayley argue from inside the garage. Brendan thinks he will be able to comfort Hayley and once again, convince her to stay. However, Brendan's expectations and hopes are crushed as Hayley informs Brendan that the baby she is pregnant with does not belong to him. The roommates react with utter shock, and watch with intense eyes as Brendan struggles with this new information.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Jan-Michael Vincent (actor), Virginia Mayo (actress), Andy Romano (actor), Mark Pellegrino (actor), Maxwell Caulfield (actor), Ellen Geer (actress), Robert Pfeffer (miscellaneous crew), Peter Foldy (writer), Peter Foldy (director), Peter Foldy (producer), Paul Johansson (actor), Lisa Boyle (actress), Dennis Hayden (actor), Ken Takemoto (actor), Cain Devore (actor),
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