Hubbub- noun
Definition: a situation in which there is much noise, confusion, excitement and activity
Source:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hubbub
Found in: “ Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros
Passage: “ He said, after all , in the hubbub of partying: I am your father, I will never abandon you …..”
Now I understand that while the father of Cleofilas tries to tell her something special for the say of her wedding there was so much things and noise going on the surroundings that she actually didn’t acknowledged it until later on in the story.