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Festival

🇲🇱 Mali Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Festival definition 1

Seli ba, dɔn ni fɔli waati (Big celebration, dance and music time)

"Festival sur le Niger bɛ kɛ Ségou. (Festival on the Niger happens in Ségou.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇲🇱 Mali
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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 Mali Slang

Mali slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

KASINARY has 585 Mali slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "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 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tamasha (Festival)
Festival 🇱🇷 Liberia

Big event/Celebration (Festival)
Festival 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Festa grandi (Festa grande) (Festival)

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