monks
A cortege is a group of followers or attendants.
entourage
You used it in your question: Attendants. Or you could call them wedding guests. The Bridesmaids are a part of the Wedding Party.
There is no specific collective noun for attendants, there are many different types of attendants, parking attendants, flight attendants, church attendants, etc. Use a collective noun that is suitable for the circumstances:a staff of parking attendantsa crew of flight attendantsa congregation of church attendants
Attendants , or cleaners
Followers of Hinduisms are called Hindus.
they call Adherents followers
There is no name for attendants of Oktoberfest. You might call them Volk or Teilnehmer.
It takes care of the Queen bee by cleaning up its waste
a pride
A Buddhist
A steward or stewardess, some times called 'flight attendants'.