This calendar system, when combined with major church festivals and movable and immovable feasts, constructs a very human and personalised yet often localized way of organizing the year and identifying dates.

Congregational singing was given further impetus with the arrival of the temperance movement, which saw the Temperance Choral Union ( formed in 1854 ) organising annual singing festivals, these included hymn singing by combined choirs.

To attract the people to the festivals in honour of the martyrs, Gregory organized profane amusements that might appeal to pagans, who were accustomed to religious ceremonies that combined solemnity with pleasure and merrymaking.

In both countries, these instruments are combined with several percussive instruments to create large ensembles which may perform at public festivals or such occasions.

The annual closing event is the Scattering, a gathering of many of the festivals musicians playing together in one combined session, with fifty or more musicians on the stage at one time not uncommon.

" This, combined with a continuing lack of Slam's recognition by " big literature festivals and institutions " in America, has led Smith to become more invested in performance poetry in Europe, where he says the " audiences are growing over there.

It is used together with Agbande ( drums ) combined with Ageda at festivals to pass a message across to the people for a call for the display of culture.

Downtown Halifax is considered to be a " people-friendly " downtown due to the ample number of hotels in the area, combined with pedestrian-friendly narrow streets, annual festivals and events, an array of interesting attractions, and many restaurants.

The assembly meetings did not occur at fixed intervals, as they had to avoid clashing with the annual festivals that followed the lunar calendar.

Other festivals were supervised exclusively by the Curule Aediles, and it was often with these festivals that the Aediles would spend lavishly.

Bock is historically associated with special occasions, often religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter or Lent.

* Narragansett Brewing Co. ( Providence, Rhode Island ) has been making a bock beer since the repeal of Prohibition in the 1930s, and celebrated the start of spring with annual Bock Beer festivals at the brewery until 1977.

Anthemios presented the Gospel to Emperor Zeno at Constantinople and received from him the privileges of the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus, that is, the purple cloak which the Greek Archbishop of Cyprus wears at festivals of the church, the imperial sceptre and the red ink with which he affixes his signature.

Before the 1911 reform, the multiplication of saints ' festivals, with practically the same festal psalms, tended to repeat the about one-third of the Psalter, with a correspondingly rare recital of the remaining two-thirds.

In 2002 and 2005 a stage show of Bagpuss songs toured UK folk festivals and theatres with original singers Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner, along with Kerr's daughter Nancy Kerr and her husband, James Fagan.

It is used to date events in most of the Muslim countries ( concurrently with the Gregorian calendar ), and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals.

The wearing of costumes has become an important part of such holidays and festivals as Mardi Gras and Halloween ( see Halloween costume for more information ), and ( to a lesser extent ) people may also wear costumes in conjunction with other holidays, such as Christmas and Easter.

Deicide has been banned from playing in several venues ( such as Valparaiso, Chile over a promotional poster featuring Jesus Christ with a bullet hole in his forehead ) and with various festivals such as Hellfest, after several graves had been spray-painted with " When Satan Rules His World ", which is a song from Deicide's 1995 album Once Upon the Cross.

Robespierre had realized what a tremendous propaganda tool these festivals were, and he decided to create a new religion, mixing moral ideas with the Republic, based on the ideas of Rousseau, with Robespierre as the new high priest.

Running concurrently with the summer festivals, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo occupies the Castle Esplanade every night, with massed pipers and fireworks.

A number of film festivals specialise in short films, each with its defined maximum length.

" Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Three Colors Trilogy were each made for these festivals, with Blue for Venice, White for Berlin, and Red for Cannes.

The Festival de Gramado ( or Gramado Film Festival ) Gramado, Brazil along with the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico are considered to be the most important film festivals of Latin America.

* African festivals Significant African festivals based on the continent include the biannual Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou FESPACO in Burkina Faso, the annual Durban International Film Festival which has grown in importance for industry with the addition of a co-production forum and Talent Campus.

* European festivals The biggest European festival is the Cannes film festival in France along with Berlin and Venice.

Augustine relates that these festivals had a particularly obscene character: a phallus was taken to the fields on a cart, and then back in triumph to town.

However, the town ’ s now famous music and film festivals were immune from anti-growth criticism and flourished.

The economy of the modern town also is supplemented by annual tourist events and festivals.

The county has many traditional music festivals and one of the most well known is the Willie Clancy Summer School, which is held every July in the town of Milltown Malbay in memory of the renowned uilleann piper, Willie Clancy.

Hundreds of thousands of people from in and out of town, and from many other countries and territories, attend some of the premier festivals in the South.

The town celebrates festivals in honor of Santa Agatoclia ( called simply “ La Santa ”) from September 16 to 20.

This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.

The town plays host to several festivals, including its Peter Anderson Festival and The Herb Festival.

Also in the town is the Buxton Opera House, which hosts several music and theatre festivals each year.

The boardwalk and town offer shops, restaurants, an active arts scene, sporting events, festivals, and a variety of family-oriented activities ( see " Annual Events " below ).

The ghost town of Kelly and two festivals, the Lady Magdalen Art Walk and the Old Timers Reunion and Rodeo, bring tourists to the area.

It needed the band's participation in town festivals and parades in the surrounding area in support of the local tobacco market.

The town hosts two annual festivals:

This area serves as the hub for parades, festivals and other town celebrations.

This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.

In 1968, the town was visited by more than 20, 000 hippies during The Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair, one of the first outdoor rock festivals.

Throughout the year, the area hosts small festivals in town or in the surrounding area, including a summer festival and harvest festival.

The town of Cadott hosts two annual music festivals known as Country Fest and Rock Fest, which have been a part of the Cadott community since 1988.

Today the town is recognised as an important heritage centre for the history of the 17th century, and its people can often be seen dressed in costume for historical re-enactments, festivals and celebrations.

Included in the civic honours were free meals at the town hall or prytaneion and front row seats at festivals such as the Lenaia and City Dionysia.

Many Russian celebrities, successful businessmen and others have been buying houses near the beach, and lots of different festivals and other activities have brought more and more people to the town each summer.

Currently, the Bulgarian " bards " enjoy several festivals ( local and international ) per year, namely the PoKi Festival ( Poets with Guitars, Poetic Strings ) in the town of Harmanli, the Bardfest in Lovech, the Sofia Evenings of Singer-Songwriters, and others.

This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.

In her last decade, Wright lived quietly in her New England home in the town of Bridgewater, Connecticut in Litchfield County, appearing occasionally at film festivals and forums and at events associated with the New York Yankees.