folk festival

collocation in English

meaningsoffolkandfestival

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folk
noun
uk
/fəʊk/us
/foʊk/
mainly UK
people, especially those of a particular group ...
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festival
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfes.tɪ.vəl/us
/ˈfes.tə.vəl/
a special day or period, usually in memory of a religious event, with its own social activities, food, ...
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(Definition offolkandfestivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Haimenfolkfestivalwas held, which marked the folk culture developed to a new stage of development.
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The town has three major music festivals, with the springfolkfestival, and the summer jazz and blues festivals.
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Some said they had been told they were attending afolkfestival.
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The power station is also connected to a number of cultural events, and hosted afolkfestivalin 2008.
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Though classically trained, he participated in thefolkfestivalevery year.
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Here he had access to large, park-like grounds, and an amusement area where patients met forfolkfestival, dancing, bowling and similar events.
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Originally afolkfestival, the event has evolved to cater for a wider variety of tastes: clog and morris dancing groups and salsa and belly dancing exhibitions have featured.
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Kyjov is famous for itsfolkfestivalwhich takes place every four years.
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Folk festivals were not innovations of this era.
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Obata has been a featured performer at harp and folk festivals.
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The magazine also attends many folk festivals throughout the summer months, and will often provide pictorial coverage of the events.
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His work has represented the city in many folk festivals.
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In the 1960s they appeared in concerts at several major colleges and at folk festivals.
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They are not worn in daily life but at folk festivals, folk weddings, religious holidays, harvest festivals and other special occasions.
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They started by selling hempen goods such as paper and clothing at folk festivals and other events.
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There are numerous organisations that organize such dance events monthly and at a lot of folk festivals there are both concerts and dances.
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This also served to distinguish them among the ticket-buying public from other, pre-existing types of music festivals such as jazz and folk festivals.
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Information is provided and maintained on a large number of folk clubs, folk festivals, music sessions and dances around the world.
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They draw on local history as an inspiration for the artistic themes of the puppet creations and folk festivals that are part of the workshop.
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Institutional means of preserving this sub-category of dance include through the activities of folk festivals, documentarians, folklorists, ethno-musicologists, dance schools, and performance troupes.
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