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An elaborate public dramatic presentation that usually depicts a historical or traditional event.

A spectacular procession or celebration, especially one involving costumed performers or contestants.

A beauty contest.

A usually pompous or ostentatious display or sequence.

To exhibit in show; flaunt.

A scaffold, in general movable (moving on four wheels, as a car or float), on which shows, spectacles, and plays were represented in the middle ages; a stage or platform; a triumphal car, chariot, arch, statue, float, or other object-forming part of or carried in public shows and processions.

The play performed upon such a scaffold or platform; a spectacle; a show; an entertainment; a theatrieal exhibition; hence, a procession or parade with stately or splendid accompaniments; a showy display.

Hangings of tapestry and the like decorated with scenes, incidents, etc.

Brilliant and showy; ostentatious.