Definition of "festivities" []

• Plural form of festivity. (noun)
• The events that happen at a festival (noun)

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• "This sounds more like a wake than a new deal administration, except for the party-time swearing-in festivities that do absolutely nothing to change the stratus-quo. —"
• "Ladies at the baptism watch the festivities from the sidelines."
• "Among the local important festivities is the Carnival, most often in February, which is very popular and begins with the traditional "burial of Bad Humor", the the beautiful floats, costumed and masked groups, followed by "serenades" to the Carnival Queen and the crowning of "The Ugly King" in the Main Plaza."