Flower festivals are celebrated all over the world and almost around the year.
Here we present 10 most fascinating display of flowers in different parts of the world.
Each parade has its own character, charm and theme.
Zundert holds the largest flower parade in the world.
The parade takes place on the first Sunday of September.
The floats are large artworks made of steel wire, cardboard, papier-mache and flowers.
Since 1989, a nighttime Moonlight Parade with the floats festooned in lights has been introduced.
The Moonlight parade ends with a large fireworks display.
The carpet stays for two full days.
On the third day, their work is demolished by local schoolchildren, who are permitted to wreak havoc!
Once the floats have made a couple of rounds around the route, the battle breaks out.
The onlookers and the float crews pelt flowers on each other and generally make merry.
The girls even equip themselves with tennis rackets to defend the attack.
The floats parade around the town on two days.
The first is a night parade, with dancing, music and food.
Everything culminates in a spectacular fireworks while the floats are repaired and touched up ready for the following day.
Several floats made of flowers with whimsical themes are paraded on the streets to be judged.
Aside from flower parades there are bands performing music, a horse parade and a beauty queen contest.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival
The Chiang Mai Flower Festival takes place on the first weekend of February.
The flower beds in public spaces all around the town are especially beautiful at this time of year.
Also, the pink and purplish Dendrobium orchids, and the yellow Daoruang.
In some ways the best part of the Flower Festival is the Flower Festival Parade.
