festino
n.— «It’s that time of year again when lovers of the arts, fondly known as festinoes, make their annual pilgrimage to the Grahamstown Arts Festival in the Eastern Cape.» —“Witsies will also have a role to play at the G’town Festival” by Mohammed Ravat in University of the Witwatersrand Vuvuzela (Johannesburg, South Africa) May 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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