Celebrazione

Celebrazione is the Italian noun meaning celebration, festivity, or the act of honoring a special occasion. Derived from Latin celebrare, via Old Italian, the term originally referred to liturgical or public rites and later broadened to secular events; it is used to denote both the process and the event of celebrating.

In Italian, celebrazione can denote religious ceremonies, such as the celebrated Mass: celebrazione liturgica or celebrazione della Messa, and civil commemorations, festivals, anniversaries, and other significant moments. The phrase celebrazione di una festa, celebrazione nazionale, and celebrazioni private are common. The term can pair with adjectives to specify mood or scale.

The concept plays a central role in many cultures, where rituals, music, food, and public rituals accompany celebrations. Local communities may organize annual celebrazioni around saints' days, harvests, or national holidays; in modern life, media coverage and event programs frequently announce upcoming celebrazioni.

Related terms include festa (informal festival), ricorrenza (anniversary or remembrance), and cerimonia or cerimoniale (more formal ceremony). Celebrazione emphasizes the act of celebrating rather than the party itself.