page_title: Parade
section_title: Examples of annual event parades
hierarchical_section_title: Parade / Examples of annual event parades
caption_attribution_description: English: Burung Petala Indera of 1933
context_page_description: A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind. In British English, 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. In the Canadian Forces, the term also has several less formal connotations.
  Protest demonstrations can also take the form of a parade, but such cases are usually referred to as a march instead.
context_section_description: Anheuser-Busch Washington's Birthday Parade, held annually in Laredo, Texas
  Attestation Parade New South Wales Police College graduation parade in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
  Bastille Day Military Parade - Held annually in Paris, France in celebration of the Bastille Day
  Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic - Second largest annual parade in the United States, Held on the second Saturday in August in Chicago, Illinois.
  Calgary Stampede Parade
  Carnaval San Francisco
  Carnival in the Netherlands
  Chief of Defence Force Parade - Australian Defence Force Academy - Marks completion of Initial Military Training for Officer Cadets and Midshipman at ADFA
  Dahlia parade in Zundert always held on the first Sunday in September
  Days of '47 Parade in Salt Lake City
  Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
  Dragon of Shandon Samhain parade in Cork, held annually on the 31st of October at night
  Easter parade
  Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa is the third largest parade in the US and commemorates a pirate sack of the city.
  Independence Day parade in Yerevan, Armenia
  International Bank of Commerce "Under the Stars" youth parade, held annually in Laredo, Texas
  Independence Day Parade parade in Kiev, Ukraine.
  Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
  Mardi Gras
  Main Street Electrical Parade
  Marksmen's Parade, Hannover
  May Day Parade
  McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade, Chicago, Illinois
  Independence Day Parade parade in Minsk, Belarus.
  Mummers Parade
  National Memorial Day Parade
  New York's Village Halloween Parade
  Notting Hill Carnival
  Orange Bowl Parade
  Orange walk
  Orlando Citrus Parade
  Philippine Independence Day Parade
  Procession of the Species
  Republic Day Parade in India
  Republic Day Parade in Pakistan
  Rose Parade in United States
  Saint Patrick's Day Parade Dublin, Munich, New York City, Boston, and San Diego
  San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade
  Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Singapore National Day Parade
  Torchlight Parade, Seattle WA
  Toronto Santa Claus Parade
  Tournament of Roses Parade
  Trooping the Colour
  Independence Day Parade in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
  Victory Day Parade, held annually in the Russian Federation, formerly held in Ukraine, and celebrated in post-soviet nations.
  Vikingland Band Festival Parade Marching Championship
  West Country Carnival
  Zinneke Parade
  Independence Day Parade in Indonesia
caption: Burung Petala Procession in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Unfederated Malay States (Present-day Malaysia. (1933))
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