September 22, 1939: In the Polish city of Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, in Belarus), "a monumental military parade took place.... What is unusual is that the parade was held not by the Polish army, but by the soviet Red Army and the Nazi German Wehrmacht –
together." The excellent blog
Poemas del río Wang (which usually features gorgeous illustrations from books) provides historical context, many photos, posters, and cartoons, even a five-minute official German newsreel (the parade takes up the first half). The event itself is a historical footnote, but in Russia, with the "cult of the victory of Soviet people and of the Soviet state in WWII," the very idea of it was anathema and it was denied until last year.
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posted by languagehat
on Sep 27, 2009 -
26 comments
It's Parade Day, the culmination of the island's biggest and best party of the year,
Key West's Fantasy Fest 2008. It's a small party, (in that Key West is only 4-by-2 miles in size), but it increases Key West's population from 27,000 to over 100,000! What's the attraction? Well aside from the
body painting [
NSFW], casual debauchery [
NSFW, GGW, and possible WTF],
great freakin' music,
freaks getting freaky over freak nakedness,
photo ops [
again, NSFW], and
a pretty much non-stop outrageous gay-straight-bi-leather-whatever One Human Family sexy
fun fun fun [
NSFW] celebration, Parade Night is miles and miles/five hours of
out-of-this-world partying island festival [
possible NSFW, whatchutink]!
Come now!
posted by humannaire
on Oct 25, 2008 -
6 comments
Frozen Dead Guy Days.
Thousands of waving spectators line the streets of Nederland, Colo. (pop. 1,394), as a parade filled with skeletons, helmeted Vikings, pompadoured Elvises and antique hearses makes its way down First Street to mark the beginning of Frozen Dead Guy Days—a celebration that’s part Mardi Gras, part county fair, and all tongue-in-cheek. The
2008 celebration will be held March 7-9.
posted by amyms
on Feb 23, 2008 -
9 comments
Expensive clowns. Some Wisconsin senators want to "save Milwaukee's Circus Parade by giving $1.5 million in tax dollars to the Baraboo-based Circus World Museum."
posted by Tubes
on Dec 9, 2003 -
22 comments
We're in the midst of the Rose Festival here. I'm watching the
Grand Floral Parade on tv now, since I didn't camp out last night on the sidewalk space I taped out last weekend. Yes, that really happens. From the site:
The Grand Floral Parade is the second largest all-floral parade in North America and the largest, single-day spectator event in Oregon. Pasadena's
Parade is the top one. They expect half a million spectators in person, and even more on TV. Are you watching this with me? What festivals and spectacles do you have in your area?
posted by verso
on Jun 8, 2002 -
7 comments
