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[[Image:Marines on parade.jpg|thumb|[[United States Marines]] on parade.]]
A '''parade''' (also called '''march''' or '''marchpast''') is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in [[costume]], and often accompanied by [[marching bands]], [[float (parade)|floats]] or sometimes large [[balloons]]. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually [[celebration (party)|celebration]]s of some kind. In [[United Kingdom|Britain]] the term parade is usually reserved for either [[military]] parades or other occasions where participants march in formation; for celebratory occasions the word [[procession]] is more usual.
Protest [[Demonstration (people)|demonstrations]] also sometimes take the form of a parade, but in such cases are usually referred to as a march instead.
The [[Float (parade)|parade float]] got its name because the first floats were decorated [[barge]]s that were towed along canals with ropes held by parade marchers on the shore{{Fact|date=April 2008}}. Today, parade floats are traditionally pulled by motor vehicles or powered themselves.
Since the advent of technology, it is possible for aircraft and boats to parade. A [[flypast]] is an aerial parade of anything from one to dozens of aircraft, both in commercial context at [[airshows]] and also to mark, e.g., national days or significant anniversaries. They are particularly common in the [[United Kingdom]], where they are often associated with Royal occasions. Similarly, for ships, there may be a sail-past of, e.g., [[tall ship]]s, as was seen during [[Trafalgar 200]], or other sailing vessels as during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of [[World War II]]. The longest parade in the world is the [[Marksmen's Parade]] that takes place in [[Hanover]] every year during the [[Schützenfest]]. The parade is 12 kilometres long with more than 12,000 participants from all over the world, among them more than 100 bands and around 70 floats and carriages.
==Types of parades==
* [[Cavalcade]]
* [[flypast]]
* [[flower parade]]
* [[parade of horribles]]
* [[pride parade]]
* [[Santa Claus parade]]
* [[technoparade]]
* [[ticker-tape parade]]
* [[Military parade]]
* [[victory parade]]
* [[walking day]]
==Parade examples==
* Annual Regional Peñafrancia Military Street Parade Competition
* [[Calgary Stampede]] Parade
* [[Carnaval San Francisco]]
* [[Dahlia]] parade in [[Zundert]] always held on the first Sunday in September
* [[Easter parade]]
* Liberty Fest, Edmond, Oklahoma
* [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]
* [[Mardi Gras]]
* [[Main Street Electrical Parade]]
* [[Marksmen's Parade]], Hannover
* [[May Day|May Day Parade]] Russia
* [[Mummers Parade]]
* [[New York's Village Halloween Parade]]
* [[Notting Hill Carnival]]
* [[Orange Bowl Parade]]
* [[Orlando Citrus Parade]]
* [[Philippine Independence Day Parade]]
* [[Procession of the Species]]
* [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day Parade]] in India
* [[Republic Day (Pakistan)|Republic Day Parade]] in Pakistan
* [[Saint Patrick's Day|Saint Patrick's Day Parade]] Dublin, Munich, New York, Boston
* The Celebrate the Season Parade, presented by Macy's & WPXI/Pittsburgh
* [[Toronto Santa Claus Parade]]
* [[Tournament of Roses Parade]]
* [[Vikingland Band Festival|Vikingland Band Festival Parade Marching Championship]]
* [[Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade]]
* [[West Country Carnival]]
* [[Zinneke Parade]]
* 500 Festival Parade
==Observances marked by parades==
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* [[Caribana]]
* [[Carnival]]
* [[Christmas]]
* [[Easter]]
* [[Gay Pride]]
* [[Independence Day]]
* [[Labour Day]]
* [[Mardi Gras]]
* [[New Year's Day]]
* [[Schützenfest]]
* [[Solstice]]
* [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]
* [[St. Patrick's Day]]
* [[Puerto Rican Day Parade]]
==See also==
*[[Pageant]]
*[[Procession]]
*[[Trooping the Colour]]
*[[Lord Mayor's Show]]
==External links==
*[http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/labor-day-activities-marin.htm Labor Day parade descriptions]
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