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a temporary government where the only law is good music and nobody enforces it
means A social gathering held for fun and celebration, or alternatively an organized group of people united by a shared cause, role, or legal status.
from From Old French 'partie,' meaning a part, portion, or side, itself from Latin 'partire,' to divide or share out — the same root that gives us 'part' and 'partition.' The 'group of people' sense (a political party, a search party, the guilty party) came first, naming a faction or 'side' split off from a whole. The 'celebration' sense is the cheerful latecomer, the idea being a part of society gathered together for a shared occasion.
- oldest evidence
- 12,000-year-old feast pits found in Israel
- political theft
- named for groups dividing, then deciding to celebrate
- third place
- the rare space that is neither work nor home
- crash physics
- strangers bond fastest when slightly outnumbered by snacks
woodstock festival 1969 — 400,000 people gathered in upstate new york for three days of music
burning man — annual event in nevada desert since 1986, 70,000+ attendees
carnival rio de janeiro — brazil's largest celebration each february/march with 2+ million in the streets
oktoberfest munich — annual beer festival in germany since 1810, 6+ million visitors over 16 days