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history section - talk about festivals of prehistoric times, ancient rome, ancient egypt, medieval period. connection with religion, mythology, and lunar and solar events types - include religious and cultural types state what actually occurs at a festival (ie parades, food) both from a participant's and watcher's view references format text to fill page, as opposed to staying far to right.

[edit] Structure

I'm trying to figure out what to add to this article. Here are some ideas.

• History - how festivals have changed over time and how they've remained the same
• Function/significance -
• Types - i'm not sure how we should do this section. it'd have to be somewhat general, b/c there are too many individual types
• state the relation to religion and seasonal change as they play a large role in ancient festivals (in history section)?

If anyone has any comments or reliable references (web sites or books), let me know. Gflores ^Talk 07:55, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Some types:

• Seasonal- lunar, solar included too, harvest
• Religious- Some might over lap wiht seasonal, like Easter
• Fun, holidays- Some overlap also. Mardi Gras is supposed to be a Christian celebration before lent, but now is mostly for fun.
  • Halloween may also fall into the category in which it's purpose has changed over time.

History:

I have the feeling most festivals used to be religious or have a connection to a solar or lunar calender (some religions have a connect to luner or solar events), but in more modern times festivals have come up to just have fun or to share ideas. This is a very uneducated guess. --Banana04131 21:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I think ur face is way too up ur assfeast should be merged here. That page, a stub, seems to refer to festivals. What do you guys think? Comments? Gflores ^Talk 02:50, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

yes --Banana04131 03:53, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

did --Banana04131 04:07, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I couldn't follow this sentence:

Function

Festivals, of many types, serve to meet specific cock faces needs and penis heads, as well as to provide entertainment. [emphasis added] 04:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)