festive

A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or traditions, often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn, such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern.
Festivals often serve to fulfill specific communal purposes, especially in regard to commemoration or thanksgiving. The celebrations offer a sense of belonging for religious, social, or geographical groups, contributing to group cohesiveness. They may also provide entertainment, which was particularly important to local communities before the advent of mass-produced entertainment. Festivals that focus on cultural or ethnic topics also seek to inform community members of their traditions; the involvement of elders sharing stories and experience provides a means for unity among families.
In Ancient Greece and Rome, festivals such as the Saturnalia were closely associated with social organisation and political processes as well as religion. In modern times, festivals may be attended by strangers such as tourists, who are attracted to some of the more eccentric or historical ones.

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  1. Casimir Harlow

    The Holdovers Movie Review & Comments

    Commanded by a fabulously curmudgeonly performance by Paul Giamatti, his reunion with writer/director Alexander "Sideways" Payne makes for a surprisingly uplifting festive feast. Read the review. Write your own review for The Holdovers
  2. Bob the Skutter

    Seasons Greetings

    Only a few hours to go, so I thought I would do a thread to give my salutations to everyone on here, so Merry Chewbacca to all. Hope you all have the day you want and Santy Claus brings you your ideal pressies. Feel free to add your own.
  3. Bob the Skutter

    Pigs in Blankets

    I think I might have a teeeeny bit of an issue with Pigs in Blankets. I've been buying packets of those and Chipolatas in Blankets over the month, and yesterday with Aldi's release of this years offerings (no Stags in Quilts - Boooo!) while packing them away in the freezer I calculated just how...
  4. Reese Withouterspoon

    Festive avatars

    As a bit of a newcomer to these parts, I don't know if there is any tradition of having festive avatars on here but even if there is not, I thought it might be fun to make a thread in which we can make suggestions for suitable avatars for some forum members. There is no compulsion to choose an...
  5. IGC

    Bargain Expired Arrow UK Festive sale 2017

    Arrow have a sale on at the moment. Some great prices I picked up 6 items. Their new 'cool' website is quite useless so I can't link to specific sections. Main link here Just a word of warning, one of Nicholas Cage's monthly releases is in there, I didn't know Arrow had stooped so low.
  6. Chadford

    Festive family big shouty argument fall outs...

    ...yep, had mine with Mrs C's sister at the weekend. Suffice to say It's going to take a bit of fixing before it's fixed. I won't divulge because I've had enough of the witch esteemed family member for a lifetime a few months. ...anyhow I put this thread in place for anyone to do a '+1' or just...
  7. goso

    Festive leftovers

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  8. markie g

    Festive Robin

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  9. newbie1

    Festive frost

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  10. shotokan101

    A Festive Kitten....

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  11. J

    Holiday Christmas Window Effects Projector

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