Definition of "folkmoot"
folkmoot
noun
plural folkmoots
(historical , or later revived in general usage) A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
Quotations
Since marital, hiring, and other contracts were made in the folkmoots, it is likely that justice was administered there. Thus it may be said that the meeting -places were used for councils of war and the administration of the law.
1963, James Alexander Robertson, editor, The Hispanic American Historical Review, volume 8, page 463
New Zealand Maori in grass skirts, Bavarian oompah bands, and sombrero-wearing Mexican ensembles are only a few of the multicultural treasures you might encounter at Waynesville's Folkmoot USA festival.
2006, Constance E. Richards, Kenneth L. Richards, Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Mountains, 8th edition, page 334