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   [12]George W. Bush gets a noseful of Ahmadinejad's "Armpit of Evil"
   (Word play: Achsel des Bösen instead of Achse des Bösen) on this float
   in the Düsseldorf carnival parade 
   [13]George W. Bush gets a noseful of [14]Ahmadinejad's "Armpit of
   Evil" ([15]Word play: Achsel des Bösen instead of Achse des Bösen) on
   this float in the [16]Düsseldorf carnival parade

   A float is a decorated platform, either built on a [17]vehicle or
   towed behind one, which is a component of many festive [18]parades,
   such as the [19]Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the [20]Key West
   [21]Fantasy Fest parade, and the [22]Tournament of Roses Parade. For
   the latter event, floats are decorated entirely in [23]flowers.
   [24]Genghis Khan by Wick CC on the West Country Carnival curcuit,
   Somerset, England 
   Genghis Khan by Wick CC on the [25]West Country Carnival curcuit,
   [26]Somerset, [27]England
   [28]Carnival float in the Blacks and Whites Carnival in Pasto,
   Colombia 
   Carnival [29]float in the [30]Blacks and Whites Carnival in [31]Pasto,
   [32]Colombia

   Parade floats were first introduced in the middle ages when churches
   used pageant wagons as movable scenery for passion plays. Artisan
   Guilds were responsible for building the pageant wagons for their
   specified craft. The wagons were pulled through out the town, most
   notably during [33]Corpus Christi in which up to 48 wagons were used,
   one for each play in the Corpus Christi cycle.

   The name is derived from the first floats, which were decorated
   [34]barges that were towed along canals with ropes held by parade
   marchers on the shore.

[[35]edit] Floats in popular culture

   The climax of the movie [36]Animal House features the protagonists
   from the title [37]fraternity surreptitiously launching their own
   float into a parade featuring legitimate entries from many of their
   rivals. The illicit float, in the form of a giant decorated [38]cake
   adorned with the words "Eat Me" later splits open to reveal the
   parade-destroying "Deathmobile" inside. [39]Ferris Bueller's Day Off
   also has an important scene on a float, where the truant title
   character, rather than keeping a low profile while skipping school,
   lip-syncs "[40]Danke Schoen" and "[41]Twist and Shout" atop a float in
   the [42]Von Steuben Day Parade through [43]Chicago.

   This [44]festival-related article is a [45]stub. You can help
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