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A festival is an event, usually and originally staged by a local community, which centre's on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival.

CultureChinese new year. Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival is the most important of the Traditional Chinese holidays. It is often inaccurately called "Lunar New Year", because—as part of the lunisolar Chinese calendar the date is partially determined based on lunar phase. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月 ; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner is known as chú xī (除夕 ). It literally means "Year-pass Eve".

Musical festival. A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is

sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines, performance art, and social activities.

Notting Hill Carnival.

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which since 1964 has taken place on the streets of Notting Hill, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , London, UK each August, over two days (the August bank holiday Monday and the day beforehand). It is led by members of the British African-Caribbean community, particularly the Trinidadian and Tobagonian British population or The carnival has attracted up to 2 million people in the past, making it the second largest street festival in the world.The carnival has different types of foods and a wide range of Caribbean music known as Soca. This is a time for different carnival dance groups to show their talent and to compete with each other.

Edinburgh festival The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the world

and takes place every August for three weeks in Scotland’s capital city.

Every year thousands of performers take to a multitude of stages all over Edinburgh to present shows for every taste. From big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers, the festival caters for everyone and includes theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, musicals, operas, music, exhibitions and events.

Love music hate racism Some 30 years ago a group of political activists

got together with a group of musicians to form Rock Against Racism. It was a movement formed in reaction to rising xenophobia and racism fuelled by Nazi organisations like the National Front.

About the campaign Our music is living testimony to the fact that cultures

can and do mix. It unites us and gives us strength, and offers a vibrant celebration of our multicultural and multiracial society. Racism seeks only to divide and weaken us.

We want to create a national movement against racism and fascism through music, so it’s vital everyone gets involved however they can.