0 a celebration -- lễ hội; sự kiên vui vẻ, hoan hỉ
Come and join in the festivities.
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.
