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history section - talk about festivals of prehistoric times, ancient rome, ancient egypt, medieval period. connection with religion, mythology, and lunar and solar events
types - include religious and cultural types
state what actually occurs at a festival (ie parades, food) both from a participant's and watcher's view
references
format text to fill page, as opposed to staying far to right.
Religious- Some might over lap wiht seasonal, like Easter
Fun, holidays- Some overlap also. Mardi Gras is supposed to be a Christian celebration before lent, but now is mostly for fun.
Halloween may also fall into the category in which it's purpose has changed over time.
History:
I have the feeling most festivals used to be religious or have a connection to a solar or lunar calender (some religions have a connect to lunar or solar events), but in more modern times festivals have come up to just have fun or to share ideas. This is a very uneducated guess. --Banana0413121:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Festivals, of many types, serve to meet specific cock faces needs and penis heads, as well as to provide entertainment. [emphasis added] 04:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
At present the definition reads: "A festival is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community." This is the same definition as in Wikitionary, but is narrower than is used for most of the rest of the article. There is a broader definition at http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/festival but I do not know the proper way of putting this in the article.FrankSier (talk) 23:56, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Could someone edit out the American line about "For a list of festivals in the USA, please see List of festivals in the United States." There is a 'list of' section below and English wikipedia is not American wikipedia. Tnx. --Zangvill (talk) 13:44, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not to a festival. Festivals a giant sized things with a stage. Fêtes around about 15-20 stalls in a school playground or the front garden of a vicarage. They're closer to fairs if anything, only lower budget than a funfair. 2.24.71.90 (talk) 17:09, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The opening line of Fête literally says『A fête, or fete, is an elaborate festival, party or celebration. In Britain, fêtes are traditional public festivals, held outdoors and organised to raise funds for a charity.』If Gala (festivity) is merged here, why not fête? Jkar (talk) 20:52, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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