The West Country Carnival Circuits are an annual celebration featuring a parade of illuminated carts in the English West Country. The celebration dates back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The purpose is to raise money for local charities.
'Jubilation' was a cart jointly built by several Somerset carnival clubs that took part in the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London and several West Country carnivals in 2022
Prattens Carnival Club float 1988
'Thriller' by Shambles CC, Bridgwater Carnival 2017
Bridgwater Carnivals own cart. Used to advertise their carnival at other carnivals, and travels at the front of every Bridgwater Carnival.
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
A parade float for Brigham Young University in the Freedom Festival Grand Parade in Provo, Utah
2013 World Championships in Athletics Parade of Nations at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia