Sentence examples for during festivities from inspiring English sources

Actors portrayed Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai on Thursday during festivities in Beijing for the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, to welcome the Year of the Ox.

At the unveiling, Mr. von Wedemeyer will show his documentary of life in the city during festivities and rituals like Ramadan and Nevroz, the Kurdish New Year.

Ben Ammi Ben-israel is greeted during festivities marking the holiday of Shavuot in the Israeli town of Dimona in 2009.

Glutinous rice is a delicacy consumed only during festivities whereas rice gruel is revered by the Vietnamese in much the same way as we revere chicken soup, as a traditional all-purpose cure.

"Actually, we have a tradition, part of culture and belief, of having fireworks in temples during festivities, but there are also rules and regulations that have to be followed, which were completely ignored in Puttingal," he said.

In 2006, Patriarch Kirill held a meeting with rock music stars, some of whom have become devoutly Orthodox, and last summer he spoke at a rock concert in Kiev during festivities marking the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Rus, which brought Orthodoxy to Russia from Byzantium.

He turned 30 during the events and was fêted during the festivities.

Two people have died during the festivities, The Orissadiary reported.

I always try to be away during the festivities.

But at some point during such festivities, an awkward situation arises.

(For various reasons that work was not presented during the festivities).