Sentence examples for colourful spectacle from inspiring English sources

The colourful spectacle (some would say tacky, but I'm far more generous than that) has drawn large audiences.

The Porteño skyline illuminates with a colourful spectacle, and residents (dangerously) shoot fireworks from balconies and terraces.

Drawn in to the colourful spectacle, dancers deepened their understanding of the history of the local community, while having the opportunity to demonstrate their place in it.

There's a depth to battle mechanics belied by the colourful spectacle of seeing Pikachu and pals unleashed, and while it won't dethrone more hardcore titles, it is solid enough to stand alongside them.

For other Afghans, the Taliban Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and the Promotion of Virtue strictly enforces a rule making the shaving of beards an imprisonable offence.Of mixed ethnic origin, Turkmen, Uzbek and Pashtun, these families make a colourful spectacle in the camps round the city.

What a wonderfully colourful spectacle it was, and for those who would criticise the World Cup as a waste of time given the apparent inevitability of Australia's win, it's worth noting that it took this tournament to set up a first game between the Kangaroos and the Kumuls since 2001.

"It's one of the most colourful spectacles.

The inauguration ceremonies, which are usually the country's most colourful public spectacle, were somewhat dampened by the knowledge of the crisis through which the country is passing, but they were attended by enormous and enthusiastic crowds.

Sun Ra's Arkestra, with instrumentalists, singers, and dancers, enriched free jazz with a colourful sense of spectacle, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago and other musicians affiliated with that city's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians explored new sound colours and melodic expressions that returned an emphasis on lyricism to free jazz.

By Rob McBride THIRAIMADU, Sri Lanka, 30 December 2009 – Dressed in homemade costumes to represent the different wild animals native to Sri Lanka, the children of Navalady Namahal Vidyalaya High School make a colourful and lively spectacle as they run through the final dress rehearsal of a play in the main hall.

After the associated rise of dance ("baile") in the 19th century flamenco became the colourful, but often sombre, spectacle seen today.