An entertainment is any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time.

Entertainment is typically passive - as in watching opera or a movie. Activities which involve participating in games or sports are more often considered to be recreation. Activities such as personal reading or practising a musical instruments are considered as hobbies.

The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry. There are many forms of entertainment, which cater for particular tastes. For example, there is cinema, theatre, sports, games, social dance which cater for different groups of people. These may also be grouped on the age of persons interested, such as child entertainment or adult entertainment. For example, puppets, clowns, pantomimes and cartoons tend to appeal to children, though adults may also find them enjoyable.

Forms of entertainment

There are many activities which people find entertaining, though the activities which one person may find entertaining may not be so to another person. The types of things which some people find entertaining would include the following.

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What do you call a person who chooses entertainment for an airline?
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A. Music was important. In 1690 the clarinet was invented, which gave a LOT of variety of music that was unavailable before then. See "Water Music" for instance. Change ringing was also invented (where a bunch of bells in a tower play a song basically.) Spirits were around at that time of course. Pantomiming was popular. Storytelling of course. There was the 'meal' which were very important and had a lot of ritual going on. There were a lot of games. Chess of course. Backgammon I think. Just plain storytelling. Blowing up the stomach of an animal to use as a balloon or ball. Winding a cord around and around to make a harder ball. Stick ball, and the like. Croquet, primitive football. There were crafts going on, cross-stitch, [cont.]
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