Video: Rose Parade in the USA. A grand start to the New Year, attracting a million eyewitnesses
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
For more than 120 years, the New Year in America has begun with a grandiose Rose Parade. Every year, on January 1, a million eyewitnesses of the holiday gather in the suburbs of Los Angeles, and another 425 million gather in front of the TV screen to watch this event. Its program includes a parade of orchestras from all over the world, a two-hour performance of horsemen, a festival of flowers, music and sports.
The Rose Parade has been held annually since 1890. The first holidays were accompanied by ostrich races, dressage of wild horses, as well as camel and elephant competitions. By the way, the elephant won the race.
Nowadays, the Parade is very popular, and not only among Americans. Hundreds of millions of TV viewers are joining the million eyewitnesses of the event. To see this grand event live, many people take the best seats a few days before the start of the parade. They have to live and spend the night on the street.
The rose parade begins with a carnival procession. The nine-kilometer flower carriage route runs along a wide highway. Huge platforms with flowers are brought to the suburbs of Los Angeles in advance. And they have been preparing many compositions almost since the summer. Then, orchestras, which are invited from all over the world, pass through the streets. Colorado Boulevard hosts an impressive horse rider show for two hours.
At this time, eyewitnesses of the Parade can admire the exhibition of 600,000 flowers. In addition to amateur compositions, huge bouquets are made by professionals.
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