"Renaissance faire" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2014 February 26, Heidi Moore, “The Mt Gox bitcoin scandal is the best thing to happen to bitcoin in years”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-13:",
          "text": "Mt Gox, for instance, started as a trading venue for enthusiastic nerds who loved fantasy games; its name, Mt Gox, stands for Magic the Gathering Online Exchange, where users traded cards for the game, giving bitcoins a place in the fringe-culture Venn diagram between Dungeons & Dragons and Renaissance faires. Fun stuff, but not really the stuff of mainstream legitimacy.",
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          "ref": "2017 August 25, Marjorie Ingall, “Get Thee to Middle School! A Ren Faire Heroine Meets the Real World”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-08-29:",
          "text": "Victoria Jamieson's Newbery-Honor-winning debut graphic novel, \"Roller Girl,\" was terrific; her \"All's Faire in Middle School\" is even better. It's the epic of Impy, a.k.a. Imogene, an 11-year-old homeschooled girl who's grown up in the world of Renaissance faires.",
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          "text": "Victoria Jamieson's Newbery-Honor-winning debut graphic novel, \"Roller Girl,\" was terrific; her \"All's Faire in Middle School\" is even better. It's the epic of Impy, a.k.a. Imogene, an 11-year-old homeschooled girl who's grown up in the world of Renaissance faires.",
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