#495 fiesta

fiesta- a religious festival or celebration, especially on a saint's day; a holiday or carnival

- Spanish, from Latin festa, plural of festum festival

When it came to leaving, I noticed that a core group of people stayed behind to chat and a certain fiesta-air replaced the neutrally attentive atmosphere of the session.

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