0 a celebration -- festlighet, festivitas
Come and join in the festivities.
To its own, the parish could be generous enough : the rogationtide festivities of 1746, bringing the parish together in an atmosphere of carnival and celebration, cost £6 10s.
The greatest share of mobile communication represents calls to immediate relatives, and relates to common plans and festivities, or simply assures the communication partners of their mutual attachment.
In many cases, these festivities were the expression of the town's feelings with regard to national events, like great military victories or births and marriages inside the royal family.
The fair, which was widely advertised in the surrounding parishes, involved two days of festivities including cricket, dandy horse races, a climbing pole, and races for men, women and children.
Another aspect that constantly appeared in festivities was light, manifested in a great variety of forms like torches, bon®res and ®reworks.
In doing so, the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of the festivities, and the cultural traditions and political intricacies surrounding them are graphically recreated.
The festivities from the street swell into the open doors and soon what used to be a line of circulation becomes a bellyful.
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.
