0 the act of celebrating and having an enjoyable time:
All we know of the feast as it has been celebrated from early times shows the predominance of secular merrymaking, often of the noisiest kind.
It was founded in 1835 and dedicated to music and merrymaking.
These celebrations are accompanied by singing, dancing, feast and merrymaking.
The house occupants would then invite the serenaders into the house and in the ensuing merrymaking some courtship could take place among the young.
This kind of betting usually occurs for merrymaking and socializing within the communities or among the friends.
As the merrymaking reaches its peak, a cry is heard from the puppet-theater.
The days are spent mainly in eating, drinking, singing and dancing and merrymaking.
By nightfall, the real fun begins with music, song and dance, merrymaking and general gaiety in anticipation of the water festival.