Sentence examples for there were processions from inspiring English sources
In Simferopol on Sunday night, pro-Russians were holding a rally and concert at Lenin Square; there were processions of cars and motorbikes with horns blowing and fireworks exploding.
Three miles away coach loads of tourists were noisily exploring Aira Force - I saw some of them on my way down - and I've no doubt there were processions going over Helvellyn, but nobody else had thought it worthwhile going up into these fells which look more blank on the map than any other part of the National Park except perhaps the bleak country at the back of Skiddaw.
Throughout Spain, there are processions where participants conceal their identity by wearing robes and cone-like hoods to demonstrate their penance.
When I first went to Haiti, in 1984, I immediately noticed that every night there were funeral processions.
Or will there be a seemingly endless processions of court cases which could see him banned for at least another year?
There are the processions of the Semana Santa — the week before Easter — and Feria just after it when locals (and visitors as well) abandon the city and head to the fairgrounds for nine days of drinking and dancing.
In some areas, particularly in Sussex, there are extensive processions, large bonfires and firework displays organised by local bonfire societies, the most elaborate of which take place in Lewes.
The Associated Press reported that there were concerns the procession would provoke clashes between gays and their opponents.
There were a long procession of speakers from the military and relatively low-key musical acts and unintentionally subduing speeches from Democratic politicians.
Unlike many carnivals in South America there is no barrier for the procession with many performers interacting with the crowd, such as the mediopintos who threaten to dab revellers in a sticky black mixture unless they give them a donation.
At the centre of the stage is a huge bed; to one side there is a bathroom, into which a procession of sleepyheads troop to make their daily transformations.
