藝文展演的節
把「慶祝的節日」這個畫面從宗教挪到藝術上：一樣是一段特地騰出來、大家聚在一處的特別時間，只是聚起來不是拜拜過節，而是一齣接一齣地看電影、看戲、聽音樂。
arts festival · noun · B1
A time, often once a year, when people show many films, plays, or pieces of music in one place.
影展／藝術節
核心畫面
You can picture festival as a marked-out time set apart from ordinary days, when a community gathers to celebrate something together — food, music, ritual, joy all packed into one special stretch on the calendar. The original picture is a holy day or feast day; the film-and-music kind is the same idea of a dedicated time, just centred on the arts instead of religion.
可以把 festival 想成日曆上特別圈出來、和平常日子不一樣的一段時間，大家聚在一起慶祝某件事——吃的、音樂、儀…更多收起
可以把 festival 想成日曆上特別圈出來、和平常日子不一樣的一段時間，大家聚在一起慶祝某件事——吃的、音樂、儀式、歡樂全擠進這段特別的日子裡。最原始的畫面比較像節慶或聖日；至於影展、音樂節那種，可以想成同一個「特地騰出來慶祝的時段」，只是中心換成了藝術，不是宗教。From the picture
Also in this word
holiday celebration · noun · B1
A special day or time when people celebrate something, often a religious event, with a holiday.
節日
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
festivaladj/ˈfɛstɪvəl/
- 1
Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
- the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […]
festivalnoun/ˈfɛstɪvəl/
- 1
biblicallifestylereligionA feast or feast day.
- All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
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An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
- The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
- A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival.
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In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
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Fried cornbread.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。