Lord Mayor's Show
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The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the best-known annual events in London as well as one of the longest-established, dating back to the 13th century. A new lord mayor is appointed every year, and the public parade that takes place as their inauguration ceremony reflects that this was once one of the most prominent offices in England and subsequently the United Kingdom.
Lord Mayor David Wootton and some of his entourage emerging from the Royal Courts of Justice, at the end of half-time during the 2011 Lord Mayor's Show
The Company of Pikemen and Musketeers of the Honourable Artillery Company leaving the Royal Courts of Justice and heading south towards the River Thames, during the second half of the 2011 Lord Mayor's Show.
In 1747, the Lord Mayor went to the City of Westminster on a barge via the River Thames. These were the original parade floats.
The Lord Mayor's Coach, housed in the Museum of London on London Wall
Parade
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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.
A Rio Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2005
A parade in Sydney to celebrate the Federation of Australia in January 1901
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2013 World Championships in Athletics Parade of Nations at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia