Festivals, carnivals and celebrations

a festive gathering of people wearing masks and other disguises: elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes

• extravaganza

• parade

• masquerade

• carnival

an exhibit carried in a parade; a large vehicle on which people dressed in special costumes are carried in a festival

• float

• funfair

• feast

• grotesque

the religious period before Easter, in which some Christians do not allow themselves something that they usually enjoy

• annunciation

• epiphany

• lent

• crucifixion

a sign or object that is used to represent something

• symbol

• mask

• fasting

• display

a large outdoor fire built as part of a celebration

• fireworks

• fireplace

• gunfire

• bonfire

an imaginary creature with magic powers; the part of a person that includes their mind, feelings and character rather than their body

• fate

• spirit

• disguise

• ritual

small pieces of coloured paper that you throw at a celebration

• serpentine

• ornament

• confetti

• firecracker

a place of outside entertainment where there are machines for riding on and games that can be played for prizes

• marching band

• parade

• amusement

• funfair

to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony

• disguise

• secular

• commemorate

• worship

an arrival or coming, especially one which is awaited; the period of four weeks before Christmas

• resurrection

• baptism

• eve

• advent