Sentence examples for colourful ceremony from inspiring English sources

"We-eh-eh-eh-eeeeeh-llllll!" Eleven days, 261 events, 824 medals, nine world records, many, many Proclaimers singalongs, one Ebola scare and several thousand selfies after it began, Glasgow's Commonwealth Games drew to a close on Sunday night, with a colourful ceremony kicked off by the familiar yodel of one of its most famous daughters.

A plain Mr, though I heard him addressed as Your Royal Highness and was present at an astonishingly elaborate and colourful ceremony on the eve of the festival of Holi, where he conducted the religious rights, just as his ancestors had since the 8th century, in this, the world's oldest surviving dynasty.

The highlight of his trip, on December 12th 1911, was an enormous and colourful ceremony known as the Delhi Durbar, where local princes paid homage, a 101-gun salute was fired for the King and many thousands gathered to see him crowned as Emperor of India.

"A non-religious ceremony allows everybody to feel equally valued, and there is no reason that it should lack pomp or colourful ceremony simply because it is not religious, as with the ceremonies that take place in France or the US.

A colourful ceremony was held at the Pakistan-India border as Pakistan handed over the baton.

The 2104 Winter Olympics have officially opened with a colourful ceremony in the Russian city of Sochi.

The island's fairs and colourful ceremonies (such as those in Pollensa during Holy Week), the mountain scenery, the benign climate, and the island's rich historical heritage attract thousands of visitors each year.

On an unseasonably hot, late autumn day, Brown had a lot on his mind as he stood to attention in a dark suit and mauve tie on Horse Guards Parade for one of the most colourful ceremonies staged by the British establishment.

The 2014 Fifa World Cup officially got under way on Thursday with a colourful opening ceremony before hosts Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 in the first match.

Tripoli Post: "Late Wednesday night, the British Queen declared the London 2012 Summer Paralympic Games officially open, during a spectacular and colourful opening ceremony watched by some 80,000 spectators.

The Times of India Londonon presented a vibrant picture of Great Britain's rich heritage and culture as a colourful opening ceremony marked the inauguration of the 30th Olympic Games at the spunky Olympic stadium on Friday night".