homecoming parade

Alumni welcome procession

A homecoming parade is a procession through a town or campus celebrating a school's homecoming festivities, typically held before the football game.

Floats, marching bands, and the homecoming court pass by while students and alumni line the streets: The homecoming parade starts at noon on Main Street.

Opposites
direction of movement

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Farewell event or gesture

graduation ceremony · dispersal

celebration vs. mourning

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Formal journey to interment

funeral march · mourning procession · death march · memorial parade · memorial march

social inclusion vs. exclusion

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Post-arrest media spectacle

walk of shame

Family

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