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[Cultural Festival / School Festival Theme] Carefully Selected High-Impact Recommended Phrases!

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Slogans displayed every year at school festivals and cultural festivals.

Words with impact can make the festival even more exciting, but choosing one can be tough—“We want a theme that unites everyone,” “We want something funny,” and so on.

So, in this article, we’ve gathered recommended themes for cultural festivals.

From short, cool themes to witty parodies of famous quotes and stylish themes in English, we’ve picked a wide range.

Use them as inspiration when choosing your theme!

English/Foreign Languages Section (21–30)

La vita è bella

Student days are the time when you can spend the most beautiful moments of your life.

For all of you filled with such hope, a cultural festival slogan I’d love to recommend is “La vita è bella,” pronounced “La vee-ta eh bel-la.” It’s not Japanese or English, but Italian! It’s a unique, beautifully resonant, and stylish slogan, isn’t it? The meaning of the phrase is “Life is beautiful.” Since junior and senior high school students don’t often have chances to encounter Italian, understanding this phrase—or questions like “How do you read it?” and “What does it mean?”—might help spark communication with visitors to the cultural festival!

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pas à pas

When it comes to languages with stylish pronunciation and spelling, French tops the list.

But don’t think it’s too chic to use! Here’s a French phrase that’s perfect for a school festival slogan: “pas à pas.” It means “step by step.” If you want to describe everyone discussing and building things up one step at a time toward the festival, this phrase fits perfectly.

Even just adding it to the festival poster makes it look incredibly stylish!

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Don’t think. Feel

Don’t think! Feeeel!

Don’t think. Feel

This is one of Bruce Lee’s iconic lines from the kung fu film Enter the Dragon.

It conveys the idea of telling his student to trust their instincts—the meaning is “Don’t think, feel.” It doesn’t mean to charge ahead without thinking; rather, it urges you to trust the effort you’ve built up so far and then surrender to the instincts engraved in you.

If you’ve prepared well, all that’s left is to give it your all—making it a perfect phrase for a school festival scenario, don’t you think?

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In conclusion

There were all kinds of ideas—parodies and twists on four-character idioms, English phrases, famous quotes, and more.

You can use them as-is, of course, but adding your own spin to make them original is also recommended.

Let’s choose a wonderful theme and make it a culture festival to remember!