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[[File:Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro 2005 – A.T.FOTOGRAFIA 005020608.jpg|thumb|A [[Rio Carnival]] parade in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil in 2005]]
A '''parade''' is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in [[costume]], and often accompanied by [[marching band]]s, [[float (parade)|floats]], or sometimes large [[balloons]]. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually some variety of [[celebration (party)|celebration]].

The term "parade" may also be used for multiple different subjects; for example, in the [[Canadian Armed Forces]], "parade" is used both to describe the procession and in other informal connotations.<ref>An ''evening parade'' in the reserve force refers to any assembly of troops for a period of instruction, drill, or office work while a ''first parade'' refers to a preliminary inspection of a vehicle before a road march. A ''C.O.'s Parade'' is an inspection by the Commanding Officer. There are also ''Defaulters Parades'' and ''Kit Parades''.</ref>

[[Protest]] [[Demonstration (people)|demonstrations]] can also take the form of a parade, but such cases are usually referred to as a march instead.