Sentence examples for processions by from inspiring English sources

It was the first of two nights of processions by the top samba schools, and the place was packed.

A12 Sectarian Strife Mars Holy Day Sectarian violence exploded in Pakistan and Afghanistan during processions by Shiite Muslim worshipers observing the holy day of Ashura.

Made in Taos, N.M., in the late 19th or early 20th century, it's a miniature version of one of the death carts pulled in processions by Roman Catholic penitent societies in Mexico and the American Southwest during Holy Week.

A police statement said authorities "respect the public's freedoms of expression, speech and assembly" but warned that protesters "should refrain from conducting public meetings and processions by way of the so-called 'mobile occupation'".

Days before the disastrous election, in this same square, I saw campaign slogans being chanted to the rhythm of these same Ashura mourning processions by both Mousavi and Ahmadinejad supporters.

Most popular in southern and central Mexico and the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas, the posadas are generally processions by city boys and girls who go from house to house asking for gifts and lodging and singing special hymns.

"Procession," by Ariane Rockoff-Kirk, 14, is inspired by a collage by William Kentridge, who works with silhouette forms.

Wagner is about to die, and Liszt has imagined his funeral procession by gondola in Venice.

Some tried to block the procession by heaving chunks of concrete and garbage containers onto the road.

They were joined in the procession by Chief Constable of Merseyside Police Sir Jon Murphy and Police and Crime Commissioner Jane Kennedy.

Suggested donation, $20. Next Sunday, 10 a.m.: "Procession" by Albert Zabel for hand bells, brass, timpani and organ.