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  2. Festival - Wikipedia

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    The first recorded used of the word "festival" as a noun was in 1589 (as "Festifall"). [6] Feast first came into usage as a noun c. 1200, [8] and its first recorded use as a verb was circa 1300. [9] The word gala comes from Arabic word khil'a, meaning robe of honor. [10]

  3. Event - Wikipedia

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    Event (UML), in Unified Modeling Language, a notable occurrence at a particular point in time; Event (particle physics), refers to the results just after a fundamental interaction took place between subatomic particles; Event horizon, a boundary in spacetime, typically surrounding a black hole, beyond which events cannot affect an exterior observer

  4. National day - Wikipedia

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    A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people. It may be the date of independence , of becoming a republic , of becoming a federation , or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler (such as a birthday, accession , or removal).

  5. NAIDOC Week - Wikipedia

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    The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. [2] [3] [a] NAIDOC Week has its roots in the 1938 Day of Mourning, becoming a week-long event in 1975. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.

  6. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  7. World Youth Day - Wikipedia

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    World Youth Day is commonly celebrated in a way similar to many events. The most emphasized and well known traditional theme is the unity and presence of numerous cultures. Flags and other national declarations are displayed among mainly young people to show their attendance at the events and proclaim their own themes of Catholicism. Such is ...

  8. News - Wikipedia

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    News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media.

  9. Event management - Wikipedia

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    Event planner Wedding at a vineyard. Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of small and/or large-scale personal or corporate events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts, or conventions.