A pageant is a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony. Pageants are usually held out of doors and often celebrate events or people from history
A pageant or a beauty pageant is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful. Large-scale, spectacular theatrical production or procession. In the Middle Ages, a pageant was the wagon on which religious plays such as mystery plays were performed. Because the plays were associated with ceremony and spectacle, the term came to refer to any extravagant dramatic event or colourful celebration. Pageants often serve to express the shared identity of a community or religious group. Secular pageants include coronations and royal weddings; other modern examples are seen in Mardi Gras and other carnival processions
an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes a rich and spectacular ceremony