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The revelries of Saturnalia; The Revelry, by the Bullets and Octane; Revelry (Beyond Dawn album) "Revelry" (song), by Kings of Leon "Revelry", a song by Yachts (band)
The Lord of Misrule was generally a peasant or sub-deacon appointed to be in charge of Christmas revelries, which often included drunkenness and wild partying. The Catholic Church in England held a similar festival involving a boy bishop. [1]
The revelries of Saturnalia were supposed to reflect the conditions of the lost mythical age. The Greek equivalent was the Kronia, [4] which was celebrated on the twelfth day of the month of Hekatombaion, [5] [4] which occurred from around mid-July to mid-August on the Attic calendar. [4] [5]
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Musical notation of "Le Réveil" from French military rules book published July, 29 1884 "Reveille" (US: / ˈ r ɛ v əl i / REV-əl-ee, UK: / r ɪ ˈ v æ l i / rih-VAL-ee), [1] called in French "Le Réveil" is a bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise.
The mummers carry wooden swords and perform revelries. The scene in the novel is illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). In the course of the evening, the fool's antics cause a fight to break out, but Mervyn restores order. Three bowls of gin punch are disposed of. At eleven o'clock, the young men make the necessary arrangements to see ...
It is generally known by now that the Pickwick Club, in its beginnings, was the public shield behind which the revelries of the Mistick Krewe were planned and executed. The two were one, but only the Club was known to the public, and the allegiance of the early Pickwickian to the Misktick Krewe was a sacred secret.
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of wine, freedom, intoxication and ecstasy. They were based on the Greek Dionysia and the Dionysian Mysteries, and probably arrived in Rome c. 200 BC via the Greek colonies in southern Italy, and from Etruria, Rome's northern neighbour.