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Festival
A Festival (pronounced: /ˈfɛstɪvəl/) is a day or period of celebration, often for religious reasons. The term is derived from the Latin word festivus, which means festive or joyous.
Etymology
The word Festival comes from the Middle English fest, which was adopted from the Latin word festivus. Festivus itself is derived from festus, meaning joyous or celebratory.
Related Terms
- Celebration: A social gathering or enjoyable activity held to celebrate something.
- Holiday: A day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work, are suspended or reduced to celebrate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance.
- Carnival: A festive season that occurs before the Christian liturgical season of Lent, involving public celebrations, parades, and public street parties.
- Parade: A procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons.
- Event: Something that happens, especially something important, interesting or unusual.
- Tradition: A belief, principle or way of acting which people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society or group.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Festival
- Wikipedia's article - Festival
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