pageant

1. An elaborate public dramatic presentation that usually depicts a historical or traditional event.
2. A spectacular procession or celebration.
3. Colorful showy display; pageantry or pomp.

[Middle English pagin, pagent, moveable stage for a mystery play, mystery play, alteration of Medieval Latin pāgina, probably from Latin, page.]

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pageant, a wagon used as a mobile stage on which were performed mystery plays and related dramas in the Middle Ages. The term is sometimes also applied to a play performed on such a movable stage, usually a mystery play. In a later sense, a pageant is a public procession displaying tableaux and costumes appropriate to the commemoration of some historical event or tradition, sometimes involving short dramatic scenes.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - festoptog, festspil

Nederlands (Dutch)
stoet, uiterlijk vertoon, (historische) optocht

Français (French)
n. - reconstitution historique, fête à thème historique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schauspiel, Umzug

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φαντασμαγορικό) θέαμα, επιβλητική πομπή, επίδειξη μόδας, υπαίθρια αναπαράσταση ιστορικού γεγονότος

Italiano (Italian)
corteo, parata, sfilata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espetáculo (m) (especialmente de fundo histórico), desfile (m)

Русский (Russian)
костюмированное представление

Español (Spanish)
n. - cabalgata o desfile histórico, espectáculo histórico, pompa, aparato

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lysande skådespel, festtåg, festspel, parad, tablå, tom ståt, tomt skådespel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
盛会, 虚饰, 游行

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 盛會, 虛飾, 遊行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 야외극, 구경거리, 화려한 행렬

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 野外劇, 壮麗な行列, 虚飾

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مهرجان, عرض, موكب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחזה היסטורי, תהלוכה, חיזיון, טקס, הפגנת ראווה‬

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