festival

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The full program for the festival is available online, and if things go well, paper versions will hit the streets today.

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  1. noun An occasion for feasting or celebration, especially a day or time of religious significance that recurs at regular intervals.
  2. noun An often regularly recurring program of cultural performances, exhibitions, or competitions: a film festival.
  3. noun Revelry; conviviality.
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  • The currently confirmed line-up for the festival will be as follows: —  Metal Underground .com
  • Other activities scheduled for the festival are a 'Touches' exhibition, organized by the Family Development Centre in Al Qasba; desert activities held in the Al Budayr region in cooperation with the SCTDA; beach events in cooperation with Sharjah Girl Guides; and a marketing fair and exhibition featuring the eastern region's top trade and wares. —  AME Info Latest News
  • Most of the films shown in the festival were appropriate and sensitive. —  Screen News
  • Tickets for the festival are available to buy now. —  NME.COM - News
  • This festival is at heart a reflection of the times - a sense of growth in every direction with no central style and no single musician at the forefront. —  Greenleaf Music | Jazz Label | Jazz Blog
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feast ·  celebration ·  ceremony ·  festivity ·  holiday ·  entertainment ·  concert ·  dance ·  hymn ·  procession ·  worship ·  wed

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festival:   festivals
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  1. From Middle English, festive, from Old French, from Medieval Latin fēstivālis, from Latin fēstīvus, from fēstus; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English festival (also accommodation festyful, as if with English suffix -ful), from Old French festival, festivel, French festival = Provencal Spanish Portuguese festival, from Middle Latin festivalis, festival, festive, from Latin festivus, festive: see festive and feast.
 

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