Mehndi is an important and most joyful occasion of the whole marriage. (latestasianfashions.com)
For the natives of Mecca, a city that lives off the flood of humanity that has coursed through its shrines since time immemorial, this Tuesday morning promised a particularly joyful occasion: New Year's day is when, according to tradition, the Meccans make a pilgrimage of their own to the Grand Mosque. (bookbrowse.com)
Spiritual was the only way to describe these two sad but joyful occasions. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)