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14-460: Matsuri float , also known as a dashi or sansha , is a type of float that is either pulled or carried during a festival in Japan. It is a general term used to refer to any float that is used for this purpose. Dashi are one of three large structures at Japanese festivals alongside Yatai , and Mikoshi . The terminology used for Matsuri floats can be inconsistent and varies by region in Japan. Some of

28-457: A float during a parade and sings several karaoke numbers to the crowd. In the 2011 film Rio the main antagonists use the Rio Carnival as a decoy to smuggle the main character and his bird friends to an abandoned airport so they can be sold on the black market. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features in several films including Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and its remakes as well as

42-731: A popular tradition. The small country holds some 30 parades, large and small. The world's largest flower parade is held every year on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month in Zundert , a small town in the south of the Netherlands. In Zundert, and most other Dutch parades, floats are built entirely by volunteers, where hamlets compete with each other to build the most beautiful float, judged by an independent jury. Most Dutch flower parades are held in August and September and use mainly dahlia flowers. The dahlia fields are kept by volunteers as well. The climax of

56-653: Is only for gods.. Dashi floats can be seen in many festivals in Japan, such as the Takayama Matsuri in Gifu Prefecture and the Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo. During the Takayama Matsuri, ten dashi floats go through the city in the day and at night. The Kanda Matsuri has both dashi floats and mikoshi, with people wearing traditional clothes walking through the streets. Float (parade) Parade floats were first introduced in

70-466: The 2016 version of Ghostbusters . Bloemencorso In the Netherlands and Belgium , a bloemencorso ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈblumə(ŋ)ˌkɔrsoː] ; meaning " flower parade ", "flower pageant" or "flower procession") is a parade where the floats ( praalwagens ), cars and (in some cases) boats are magnificently decorated or covered in flowers. This custom goes back as far as

84-515: The Middle Ages . Churches used pageant wagons as movable scenery for passion plays, and craftsmen with artisan guilds built pageant wagons for their specified craft. The wagons were pulled throughout the town, most notably during Corpus Christi in which up to 48 wagons were used, one for each play in the Corpus Christi cycle. They are so named because the first floats were decorated barges on

98-566: The River Thames for the Lord Mayor's Show . The largest float ever exhibited in a parade was a 116-foot-long (35 m) entry in the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade that featured Tillman the skateboarding bulldog (and some of his friends) surfing in an 80-foot-long (24 m) ocean of water. The water tank held over 6,600 US gallons (25,000 L; 5,500 imp gal) on a float weighing more than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg). It broke

112-583: The Tournament of Roses Parade in 1890. Many of the members of the Valley Hunt Club were former residents of the American East and Midwest . They wished to showcase their new California homes' mild winter weather. At a club meeting, Professor Charles F. Holder announced, "In New York, people are buried in the snow. Here our flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear. Let's hold a festival to tell

126-519: The United States produced entirely by women, all of whom are volunteers. The parade is the oldest event and largest parade of Fiesta San Antonio . The original purpose of the parade was to honor the heroes of the Alamo. In keeping with this tradition, participants are asked to place a flower tribute on the lawn of the Alamo as they pass by. In the Netherlands, flower parades (called ' Bloemencorso ') are

140-446: The most common names used for these floats include Kasaboko, Danjiri, Yamahoko, Yamakasa, and Hikimono. Furthermore, Dashi and Yatai floats are sometimes called hikiyama and yama. Dashi floats (山車) are an important component of Japanese festivals, and were originally designed to look like mountains. This reflects the concept of Mountain worship , where people believed that spirits resided in the mountains. The spears and swords that adorn

154-414: The movie Animal House (1978) features the protagonists from the title fraternity surreptitiously launching their own float into a parade featuring legitimate entries from many of their rivals. The float, a giant decorated cake adorned with the words "Eat Me," later splits open to reveal the parade-destroying "Deathmobile" inside. In Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) the titular character jumps onto

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168-426: The previous record for the longest single-chassis parade float, which was set in 2010 by the same sponsor. The dogs trained for three months prior to the float's debut at the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 2, 2012. A specially designed “wave” machine was incorporated into the design of the float which created a wave every minute. Wes hupp drove that float. Members of Pasadena's Valley Hunt Club first staged

182-458: The tops of the dashi serve as markers for these divine spirits, and people ride on top of the dashi to help welcome the gods. Dashi have wheels and are pulled by people, and can carry passengers as well. Mikoshi is used to carry kami in a procession called Shinko-shiki . People carry the Mikoshi on their shoulders, while dashi is pulled by people. People are not allowed to ride on a mikoshi because it

196-568: The world about our paradise." And so the Club organized horse-drawn carriages covered in flowers, followed by foot races, polo matches, and a game of tug-of-war on the town lot. They attracted a crowd of 2000 to the event. Upon seeing the scores of flowers on display, the Professor decided to suggest the name "Tournament of Roses." The Battle of Flowers parade is in San Antonio, Texas is the only parade in

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