Parade

A parade is an organized procession of people along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by floats or sometimes large lighter-than-air balloons with complex shapes. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind.

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Protest demonstrations also sometimes take the form of a parade, but in such cases are usually referred to as a march instead.

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The parade float got its name because the first floats were decorated barges that were towed along canals with ropes held by parade marchers on the shore. Today, parade floats are traditionally pulled by motor vehicles or powered themselves.

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Costume: The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. It can also refer to the artistic arrangement of accessories in a picture, statue, poem, or play, appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represe...

Floats: REDIRECT Ice cream soda...

Celebration: The word "celebration" has several meanings:...

Parade related Images and Photos (experimental)

Toy Parade	Easter Parade (DVD)	Tree Parade	Poppy Parade
Piper Parade	Piper Parade	Carnaval Parade	Footlight Parade
Dinosaur Parade Book (Hardcover)	Swing Parade of 1946	Easter Parade: Special Edition (Dbl DVD)	Easter Parade 1948