Sentence examples for In festivities from inspiring English sources

Its role in festivities is spelled out over the centuries.

Their slaves were granted a rare break from their work — and the opportunity to travel to New York City to reunite with family and participate in festivities there.

Dance at Cinco de Mayo, or watch the fireworks on the Fourth of July, and allow yourself to find the joy in festivities again.

An estimated 100,000 people were in the downtown core to take part in festivities – a number that far surpasses those that flooded the city in 1994.

The dabkah is danced mainly by men and is quite common in festivities in the area between northern Syria and southern Israel; for instance, the Druze (sectarian Arab communities located in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel) are very fond of it.

This January, southerners voted by nearly 99 percent to form their own country, which is what will officially happen on Saturday in festivities to be attended by high-ranking Western officials and more than a dozen African leaders.

DURING swearing-in festivities last week as the 2009 session of the Connecticut General Assembly got under way, some freshly minted members were met with an unambiguous message about priorities.

The orchestra began with the sinfonia from Vivaldi's serenata "La Senna Festeggiante" ("The Seine in Festivity").

As December wore on, the tours grew in festivity, as if the house were auditioning for the pageant at Radio City.

Santa Claus did not figure in the festivities in Chinantla, and there was no gift-giving.

One of the resolutions passed at the meeting was to encourage participation of the North Indians in all festivities in the near future.