Sentence examples for festivities marking from inspiring English sources

Mentio ed in talk story about the festivities marking the public debut of the Juilliard School in Lincoln Center.

But later this month, the Fiennes film, "Onegin" premieres in St Petersburg as part of the festivities marking the bicentenary of Pushkin's birth.

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

Communist China turned 21 last week and, by the standards of some of the wild celebrations of past years, the festivities marking the anniversary were subdued, indeed.

IN FEBRUARY 1961 the festivities marking the centennial of Jefferson Davis's inauguration as president of the Confederacy drew some 50,000 revellers, including the governors of three southern states, to Montgomery, Alabama.

By Jane Boutwell The New Yorker, November 8 , 1969P. 48 Mentio ed in talk story about the festivities marking the public debut of the Juilliard School in Lincoln Center.

But this year's festivities marked a bittersweet finale — the bear event is now extinct.

These are all huge milestones, and last night's festivities marked the cherry on the cake.

Masked balls, elaborate costumes, parades, and various other festivities mark such celebrations.

One of Korea's oldest holidays, it was originally a day of games and festivities, marked by ssirum (Korean wrestling), swing competitions for women, mask dances, songs, and feasts.

Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA 4.09pm GMT Revellers celebrate 'Ash Monday' by participating in a colourful flour war, a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter,in the port town of Galaxidi, north west of Athens,Greece.