Festival
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| - | # an [[event]] or [[community]] [[gathering]], usually staged by a [[local]] community, which centers on some [[theme]], sometimes on some [[unique]] [[aspect]] of the community. | + | A '''festival''' is an [[extraordinary]] [[event]] [[celebrated]] by a [[community]] and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its [[religion]] or [[culture]]s. It is often marked as a local or national [[holiday]]. A festival constitutes typical cases of [[glocalization]], as well as the [[high culture-low culture interrelationship]]. |
| - | # in [[mythology]], a set of [[celebration]]s in the [[honour]] of a [[god]]. | + | ==Etymology== |
| + | From Middle English ''festival'' (adjective), from Old French ''festival'' (“[[festive]]”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). Displaced native Old English ''frēols''. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English ''festival dai'', festiuall day (“[[feast]] day, festival”). | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | * [[Convention (meeting)|Convention]] | ||
| + | * [[Dionysia]] | ||
| + | * [[Fair]] | ||
| + | * [[Feast]] | ||
| + | * [[Film festival]] | ||
| + | * [[Holiday]] | ||
| + | * [[Procession]] | ||
| + | * [[Saturnalia]] | ||
| + | * [[Wet Dream Film Festivals]] | ||
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A festival is an extraordinary event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday. A festival constitutes typical cases of glocalization, as well as the high culture-low culture interrelationship.
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From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”).
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