This spectacle, so often gray and transactional the rest of the year, becomes tinged with a certain charm when set against the twinkling garlands and strings of white lights at O’Hare.

The couple then exchanged garlands, a symbol of acceptance as per Indian tradition, and apparently left happily to continue their marriage.

Looking elegantly windblown in a sweater, her mass of hair cascading like the precious garland of some Irish deity, Farrow has a tendency to trail off in conversation.

Any trip planners must look at traditional dancers and garlands and start having nightmares about how it might come across.

Autumn brings clay lamps and marigold garlands to the marketplaces of Delhi as people prepare for Diwali, the Festival of Lights.