Word of the day: kermess

The word of the day is kermess:

1. (in the Low Countries) a local, annual outdoor fair or festival.
2. a similar entertainment, usually for charitable purposes.

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kermess)

  

"Not all the kermesses he attended in the metropolitan suburbs could comfort him."

 - John Womack, Zapata and the Mexican Revolution