A special day or season of the year to celebrate an event of importance to a religion They were and are times of feasting (hence the name) and are often associated with holidays ('holy-days')
A festival is an organized series of events such as musical concerts or drama productions. Numerous Umbrian towns hold their own summer festivals of music, theatre, and dance There are over 350 films in the Edinburgh Film Festival this year
A festival is a day or time of the year when people have a holiday from work and celebrate some special event, often a religious event. the Hindu festival of Diwali. Cannes Film Festival Edinburgh Festival Heb Sed festival merry festival Stratford Festival