Parade float Parade
a float @ rio carnival, 2014
the parade float got name because first floats decorated barges towed along canals ropes held parade marchers on shore. floats propelled within concealed oarsmen, practice abandoned because of high incidence of drowning when lightweight , unstable frames capsized. strikingly, among first uses of grounded floats — towed horses — ceremony in memory of drowned parade oarsmen. today, parade floats traditionally pulled motor vehicles or powered themselves.
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