Tribute parade

Before entering the Training Center for the first time, tributes for the Hunger Games were required to ride chariots in a procession through the Capitol in the Avenue of the Tributes. This event, known as the "tribute parade", was implemented in the 13th Hunger Games. It was very important because it was a chance for the tributes to make an impression on the citizens of the Capitol, thus attracting potential sponsors. The drawing-in of sponsors was crucial to the tributes' survival in the arena. This was also the first time the Capitol audience saw the tributes in person, and it gave them an idea of what to expect from each district's competitors.

To show their approval, the audience cheered for the tributes they liked, sometimes even throwing small objects in admiration (in her first parade, Katniss Everdeen caught a rose thrown by an audience member). To make a good impression, most tributes smiled and waved to appear friendly, but other tactics could be employed: for the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta were instructed to appear aloof and uncompromising, as if the entire event was beneath them; this also made quite an impression on the audience.

The chariots were black and horse-drawn, typically decorated to reflect the traits of each district's industry. It was required that the districts entered the procession in numerical order, starting with District 1 and finishing with District 12. Claudius Templesmith narrated the chariot rides, taking note of each of the tribute's costumes.

## Chariot Costumes

In addition to the chariots being decorated to reflect each district's industry, the tributes themselves were outfitted in costumes that performed the same task. These costumes were typically the first outfit that a tribute's stylist would design for them, and they could take innumerable forms, depending on the stylist's skill level, techniques, and what kind of image they wanted to project.

### District 1

Their costumes were usually the most well-received and liked. This was helped by the fact that they were the openers for the parade.

Most common costume: A gemstone (usually diamond)

#### 61st Hunger Games

* Jade - A king
* Twinkle - A queen

#### 74th Hunger Games

* Marvel - Tasteful jeweled tunic with his body spray-painted silver
* Glimmer - Tasteful jeweled tunic with her body spray-painted silver

### District 2

Most common costume: A roman general wearing a toga

#### 74th Hunger Games

* Cato - A golden-armoured gladiator
* Clove - A golden-armoured gladiatrix

#### 61st Hunger Games

* Maximus - A knight
* Perdita - A knight

#### 75th Hunger Games

* Brutus Stein - A chrome-plated gladiator
* Enobaria Bernard - A chrome-plated gladiatrix, with spiked armour resembling her teeth

### District 3

Most common costume: An electronic-plated jumpsuit

#### 75th Hunger Games

* Beetee Latier - An outfit studded with electric lights
* Wiress Wright - An outfit studded with electric lights

### District 4

Most common costume: A blue scaly wetsuit with fins

#### 61st Hunger Games

* Caspian Hadala - An impressive fisherman costume

#### 74th Hunger Games

* Marina - A sailor, with a blue and white uniform and a blue and white captain's hat
* District 4 male - A sailor, with a striped white and red shirt and a white sailor hat

#### 75th Hunger Games

* Finnick Odair - A golden fishnet strategically knotted at the groin to avoid him appearing completely naked. He wore two greenish necklaces.

### District 5

Most common costume: A bright light-powered costumes, which usually went ignored.

#### 61st Hunger Games

* Terminus - A luminescent jumpsuit with a long collar
* Moti - A luminescent jumpsuit with a long collar

#### 74th Hunger Games

* Foxface - A bright sequin jumpsuit with a circular collar (similar to the 61st Hunger Games)
* District 5 male - A bright sequin jumpsuit with a circular collar (similar to the 61st Hunger Games)

### District 6

This district was one that stylists typically did not like being assigned to, as there was not much you could do with the district's industry of transportation.

Most common costume: Inconsistent

#### 23rd Hunger Games

* Aspen - A ruffled origami-like paper costume

#### 36th Hunger Games-75th Hunger Games

* Blight Atwood - A tree
* Cyprus - A tree
* Cacia - A tree
* Johanna Mason - A tree
* District 7 male - A tree
* District 7 female - A tree

### District 8

District 8 was the most desirable of the outlying districts because the stylists had much creative freedom, as the district's industry of textiles had various interpretations.

Most common costume: A tuxedo/tuxedo gown

#### 74th Hunger Games

* District 8 male - A bright pink and blue costume and a hat; they were inspired by medieval jesters
* District 8 female - A bright pink and blue costume and a hat; they were inspired by medieval jesters

#### 75th Hunger Games

* William Nylon - Beige pants and a wide gray shirt with suns attached to the shoulders
* Cecelia Losa - A long black dress

#### 61st Hunger Games

* Dagan Starche - A tan button-up silk shirt with a robe that looks like wheat behind it
* Barley Mayes - An overhauled recreation of Mrs. Mayes' flaxen dress she made Barley for the Reaping

#### 74th Hunger Games

* District 9 male - A silver silo
* District 9 female - A silver silo

#### 75th Hunger Games

* Fallow O'Leary - A loaf of bread
* Sylva Mayleaf - A loaf of bread

#### 74th Hunger Games

* Terry - A gold and white cowboy costume with a western hat
* District 10 female - A gold and white cowgirl costume with a western hat

#### 75th Hunger Games

* Offal - A brown cow costume with a flaming belt (as an attempt to copy Cinna Goldridge and Portia's designs from the previous year)
* Sarahva Boor - A brown cow costume with a flaming belt (as an attempt to copy Cinna and Portia's designs)

#### 74th Hunger Games

* Thresh - A blue shirt underneath denim overalls with a silver laurel crown
* Rue Brownlow - A white shirt underneath denim overalls with a silver laurel crown

#### 75th Hunger Games

* Chaff Boivin - A yellow jumpsuit with a wreath of corn
* Seeder Fermi - A purple bodysuit with a wreath of violet flowers

#### 50th Hunger Games

* Haymitch Abernathy - A coal miner
* Maysilee Donner - A coal miner
* Other 2 tributes - Coal miners

#### 61st Hunger Games

* Milo - A coal miner
* Rhonda - A coal miner

#### 71st Hunger Games

* Both tributes - Stark naked and smothered with black dust, representing coal

#### 73rd Hunger Games

* Sage Blanken - A coal miner
* Abigail Harding - A coal miner

#### 74th Hunger Games-75th Hunger Games

* Peeta Mellark - A black unitard with a flaming cape and headdress that resembled coal. Halfway through the parade, it was intentionally set on synthetic fire.
* Katniss Everdeen - A black unitard with a flaming cape and headdress that resembled coal. Halfway through the parade, it was intentionally set on synthetic fire. This was how she got her nickname, "the girl who was on fire."

* The next year, the black headdresses were replaced by black versions of the crowns they received after being crowned victors of the 75th Hunger Games. The flames were more internalized into the costumes rather than being emitted from them.