Word: festas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from audiences is that they were 'transported.' " There is a certain irony here. Chant was composed to serve and honor spiritual texts, but it seems unlikely that its new fans are paying much heed to the Latin words. After all, would they really be out there dancing to Salve Festa Dies (Hail, Festive Day) if they knew that one verse of this hymn contains the dour plea "Break the chains of hell, the shadows of the dungeon/ And call up again whatever has fallen into the abyss...