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festival English

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What does festival mean?
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festival

A festival is an organized event that contains a number of performances and usually happens every year. Many actors are in town for the Toronto international film festival. A festival is a period of celebration that marks a special occasion, often religious traditions. Next week our town celebrates the annual winter festival.

festival

a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) a drama festival

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Simple sentences

Bob will play the leading role for the first time in the next school festival.
The university was alive with a festival.
The festival was far from dull.
The film scooped up three awards at the Cannes film festival.
When is your school festival?
March 3 is the day of the Dolls' Festival.
I made friends with them at the school festival.
He took no photos of the festival.
She made friends with them at the school festival.
The festival witnessed an unusually large attendance.
The festival sold out within two hours.
They went to the music festival.
Tom took part in the summer festival.
It is believed that the festival comes from the South Pacific islands.
The Star Festival is in July.
Villagers were going to celebrate the wine festival.
You may invite to the festival whoever wants to come.
At the winter festival, Beth received an award for dancing the best.
He organized a summer rock festival.
Our school festival was held last month.
The Christian festival of Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
It is an ancient, popular and traditional festival.
The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world.

Movie subtitles

Uh, you know, uh, two-piece, halter, mesh dress might work well for you very lean ladies, but, yeah, not for this festival of back fat going on.
I thought maybe she was a singer, perhaps in town for the karaoke festival, but that's next month and the organisers don't recognise her from their line-up.
No game, no festival, no dancing - only seriousness and praying!
The spring festival.
I met her husband. He presented prizes at the folk dance festival.
It's the town festival.
It's the Festival of The New Wine.
The Hindu festival of lights.
On the night of the town festival.
It's like the Bon festival and New Year's rolled into one.
That is why he visits here, to see the festival of the bulls.
I wish every day was a shearing festival!
Go back to the festival.
They must have obtained a picture of the festival.
And who will strike up for the harvest festival today?
The object of this festival was a particularly surly little brat.
I met her husband, he presented prizes at the Folk Dances Festival.
Yvonne, aren't you going to the festival to see the king?
I'm a poet, whose play was done at the festival.
The festival really starts to liven up.
They head toward the festival.
Have you been to the Marksmen's Festival?
The festival awaits.
The only time I saw her before was at the festival.
But think of the road outside Mobile, the carriage, the festival.
For instance, tonight he's bringing some fiddlers to the house just because I happened to like the American music at the festival.
Gladiators trained in this school are sought after for the most important festival games...and also for the emperor's private enclosure.
Let's see it at a film festival.
A film festival?
I'm waiting for the festival tonight.
That's right, it's a festival day.
The festival?
I went to the festival.
We went to a cheese festival.
Cheese festival?
After New Year, festival called Songkran, with fireworks.
The Bon festival heralds summer, though.
Let's invite Nardo to the festival.
He went back to jail after the festival.

News and current affairs

This year's World Cup might well be a festival of brotherhood and peace.
The other was the Science Festival of Genoa, Italy, a young and hugely successful event with exhibitions and high-profile speakers throughout the ancient town.
Meanwhile, Finchley Reform Synagogue hosted a Ramadan festival, and Finchley United Synagogue hosted an Eid event.
LONDON - Recently, at a literary festival in Britain, I found myself on a panel discussing free speech.
But in most countries today, even those with few Christian citizens, the festival offers the chance for a holiday and a binge.

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