It really did look like a procession.
Pageant, a large-scale, spectacular theatrical production or procession.
There’s a large main procession followed by a smaller one on a later date.
This ritual observed, the procession made its way slowly along Oxford Street to Platt Fields.
Kennedy walked in the procession between her husband’s brothers, Robert and Edward.
The word probably came from the Greek thriambos, the name of a procession honouring the god Bacchus.
Traditionally, the procession is always refused lodging, though the hosts often provide refreshments.
That was the inscription on one of the banners carried on Saturday in the Peterloo centenary procession.
Motorcyclists joined in on the celebration, riding their bikes in a procession past Paul and his family.
The best-known is the annual procession of Jagannatha (“Juggernaut”), a form of Vishnu, at Puri in Orissa.
In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath.
The procession then went on its way to the Abbey, the King following as chief mourner the coffin and its gun-carriage.
If snow falls during a marriage procession, it is believed that the newlyweds will face many misfortunes or difficulties.
In the 15th century the procession was customarily followed by the performance by guild members of miracle plays and mystery plays.
The procession led to the banks of the Dwarakeswar River, where the body was cremated and the soul set free, according to Hindu tradition.
In a northeastern recess is carved a long procession of mostly male figures to the west and female to the east, meeting on the far northeastern wall.
The procession on Candlemas (February 2), which includes the blessing and carrying of candles, might well be another instance of the church’s subrogating a pagan procession.
During the Middle Ages the ceremony for the blessing of the palms was elaborate: the procession began in one church, went to a church in which the palms were blessed, and returned to the church in which the procession had originated for the singing of the liturgy.
Festivals in Kathmandu include, in spring, the Shivaratri and the Machendra Jatra with its procession bearing the image of the god Machendra; in late summer, the Gai Jatra (festival of the cow); and, in early autumn, the Indra Jatra, during which the goddess Devi, represented by a young girl, is carried in procession.
As she put it: ‘We felt that although West Indians, Africans, Irish and other nationalities all live in a very congested area, the very little communication between us…’ The 1965 Fayre therefore included pageants, procession, musicals; international song and dance; Dickens and drama recitals; Jazz and folk music; poetry and choir night; a torchlight procession; and fireworks.
procession
noun event
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
noun act
- the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
Example: processions were forbidden
noun act
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
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As she put it We felt that although West Indians Africans Irish and other nationalities all live in a very congested area the very little communication between us… The 1965 Fayre therefore included pageants procession musicals international song and dance Dickens and drama recitals Jazz and folk music poetry and choir night a torchlight procession and fireworks