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2. Masquerade ball - Wikipedia

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   A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is a special kind of formal ball which many participants attend in costume wearing masks. (Compare the word "masque"—a formal written and sung court pageant.) Less formal "costume parties" may be a descendant of this tradition. A masquerade ball usually encompasses music and dancing.

3. Black and White Ball - Wikipedia

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   Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-09821-9. Gathje, Curtis (2000). At the Plaza: An Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Hotel. Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-26174-8. Nowell, Iris (2004). Generation Deluxe: Consumerism and Philanthropy of the New Super-rich.

4. Party favor - Wikipedia

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   The party favors can be either directly given to each guest, placed at the table setting, or used as prizes to be won as part of the entertainment. [2]A popular way of distributing the favors is a piñata, a vessel filled with candies and broken by the guests who take turns swinging a stick at it while blindfolded.

5. Ball (dance event) - Wikipedia

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   The word ball derives from the Latin word ballare, meaning 'to dance', and bal was used to describe a formal dancing party in French in the 12th century. The ballo was an Italian Renaissance word for a type of elaborate court dance, and developed into one for the event at which it was performed.

6. L.A.'s gone all in on hyper-specific bumper stickers — the ...

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   Jeanne Vaccaro, a scholar and curator from Kansas, always wanted to become a bumper sticker person. For years, she collected stickers from artists, musicians and bookstores, but she kept them away ...

7. Fête galante - Wikipedia

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   Antoine Watteau, Embarkation for Cythera, 1717 Fête galante (French pronunciation: [fɛːt ɡalɑ̃t]) (courtship party) is a category of painting specially created by the French Academy in 1717 to describe Antoine Watteau's (1684–1721) variations on the theme of the fête champêtre, which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland ...