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Festival

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Tamasha (Festival)

"Festival ya Blankets (Blankets and Wine festival)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Festival 🇩🇿 Algeria

Music event

"Summer festival coming"
Festival 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Festival (Festival)

"Festival Kreol oktob (Creole Festival in October)"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Kenya slang (2011 words)

🌍 "Festival" Across Africa

This word is also used in 15 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Festival 🇩🇿 Algeria

Music event
Festival 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Festival (Festival)
Festival 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Cultural celebration (Festival)
Festival 🇦🇴 Angola

Evento cultural grande (Large cultural event)
Festival 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Festival (Festival)
Festival 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Festival (Cultural event)
Festival 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Festival culturel (Cultural festival)
Festival 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Festival (Festival)
Festival 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Tamasha/sherehe kubwa (Festival/big celebration)
Festival 🇹🇬 Togo

Grande fête (Festival)
Festival 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

በዓል/በዓል (Beal) - festival
Festival 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Festival (Festival)
Festival 🇱🇷 Liberia

Big event/Celebration (Festival)
Festival 🇲🇱 Mali

Seli ba, dɔn ni fɔli waati (Big celebration, dance and music time)
Festival 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Festa grandi (Festa grande) (Festival)

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