A tableround is a traditional academic feast

Meal

A meal is an instance of eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes specific, prepared food.Meals occur primarily at homes, restaurants, and cafeterias, but may occur anywhere. Regular meals occur on a daily basis, typically several times a day...

 known at universities in most Middle and Eastern European countries. At a tableround, tables usually are placed in the form of a U or a W, the participants drink beer and sing commercium song

Commercium song

Commercium songs are traditional academic songs that are sung during academic feasts: commerciums and tablerounds.Some very old commercium songs are in Latin, like Meum est propositum or Gaudeamus igitur....

s. A more formal form of the tableround is the commercium

Commercium

A commercium is a traditional academic feast known at universities in most Central and Northern European countries. In German it is called a 'Kommers'...

. Tableround probably shares the same roots with Cantus

Cantus

A cantus , is an activity organised by Belgian, Dutch, French, Baltic and Afrikaans student organisations and fraternities. A cantus mainly involves singing traditional songs and drinking beer. It is governed by strict traditional rules...

 and Sitsit

Sitsit

Sitsit in Finnish or sits in Finland-Swedish, is a traditional academic student feast organised in some universities in Finland, particularly in Åbo Akademi, University of Turku, Helsinki University of Technology, University of Helsinki and Tampere University of Technology. They are also organised...

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