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,
floats or sometimes large
balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually
celebrations of some kind. In
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. In the
Canadian Forces the term also has several less formal connotations.