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The word "festival" was originally used as an adjective from the late fourteenth century, deriving from Latin via Old French. [6] In Middle English, a "festival dai" was a religious holiday. [7] The first recorded used of the word "festival" as a noun was in 1589 (as "Festifall"). [6]
Naming Ceremonies existed in human culture long before Christianity or any of the major religions came on the scene. Every community has a ceremony to welcome a new child into the world, to give that child recognition, and to celebrate the birth of new life. [16] Baptism or christening ceremony; Initiation (college orientation week) Puberty
An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints. Most countries celebrate national anniversaries, typically called national days.
Celebration, a type of public performance event created by the American choreographer Marilyn Wood Celebrations (confectionery) , a miniature chocolate bar collection by Mars Celebrations Group , a chain of British greeting cards stores
"Huzzah" on a sign at a Fourth of July celebration. Huzzah (sometimes written hazzah; originally HUZZAH spelled huzza and pronounced huh-ZAY, now often pronounced as huh-ZAH; [1] [2] in most modern varieties of English hurrah or hooray) is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), "apparently a mere exclamation". [3]
The term, borrowed from German, and literally meaning "celebration writing" (cognate with feast-script), might be translated as "celebration publication" or "celebratory (piece of) writing". An alternative Latin term is liber amicorum (literally: "book of friends").
A holiday is a day or other period of time set aside for festivals or recreation. Public holidays are set by public authorities and vary by state or region. Religious holidays are set by religious organisations for their members and are often also observed as public holidays in religious majority countries.
Yule is a winter festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples that was incorporated into Christmas during the Christianisation of the Germanic peoples.In present times adherents of some new religious movements (such as Modern Germanic paganism) celebrate Yule independently of the Christian festival.