Eksempler på festivity

• The festivities lasted four days and were attended by the royal embassy and various nobles and prelates from near and far.

• While the theatre was to be the bastion of progress, traditional popular festivities such as carnival with its subversive potential for social inversion, were curbed.

• Perhaps more importantly, however, people walking from the square to the tower gate could view festivities taking place in the great hall.

• Gone were the regimental marching bands, displays with flags, cavalry formations, carriages of notables, festivities for the monarch's birthday and for royal visits.

• Appropriate departure festivities were arranged, and several thousand individuals were reported to have attended them.

• Effectively the site, surrounded by vast 'reopened' space, became the focal point for spontaneous gathering and festivities.

• The scenarios of the festivities grew more elaborate over the years, involving performances created specifically for the occasion.

• The town's newspapers had been abuzz with details of the plans and preparations for the celebration in the months leading up to the festivities.