carnival parades
Mardi Gras spectacles
Carnival parades are processions of decorated floats, costumed performers, and marching bands that form the centerpiece of carnival celebrations.
Most associated with Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans Mardi Gras, these parades feature elaborate costumes, music, dancing, and often the throwing of beads or trinkets to spectators: We watched the carnival parade from a French Quarter balcony.
- confettiThrown celebration scraps
- glitterDecorative metallic flecks
- stilt walkingLocomotion using elongated poles
- costume contestEvent judging creative outfits
- colorVisual hue property
music · dance troupe · majorettes · street party · samba · Venetian masks · brass bands · marching band · masquerade · Mardi Gras · bead necklaces · historical reenactments · rhythm · throws · sequins · floats · feathers · dancers
- paradesmarching bands, floats, marching band, drum majors, confetti
- public rejoicingparades, fireworks, festivals, carnivals, parties
carnival paradesfuneral processions
Ceremonial mourning convoys
death marches · candlelight vigils · mourning rituals · state funerals · dirges
carnival paradesmilitary parades
Ceremonial armed forces processions
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