festivalnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfes.tɪ.vəl/us/ˈfes.tə.vəl/B1 a special day or period, usually in memory of a religious event, with its own social activities, food, or ceremonies:
a Jewish/Christian/Hindu festival
B1 an organized set of special events, such as musical performances:
a folk/pop/rock festival
The New Orleans Jazz Festival is held every year in the spring.
the Cannes Film Festival
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- Traffic diversions will be kept to a minimum throughout the festival.
- We've received permission to go ahead with the music festival in spite of opposition from local residents.
- Preparations for the festival are now proceeding smoothly.
- Hotel rooms in the city are ridiculously overpriced during the festival.
- In the various regions of India, Hindus worship different gods and observe different religious festivals.
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Religious festivals
- advent
- Ascension Day
- Ash Wednesday
- Chanukah
- Christmas
- Easter
- Easter Day
- Easter Sunday
- Eid
- epiphany
- Holy Week
- Mardi Gras
- movable feast
- Noel
- Palm Sunday
- Shrove Tuesday
- the Day of Atonement
- the holiday season
- Twelfth Night
- Whitsun
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