English▸ noun
1 a public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colourful costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene:
they brought the history books to life at the town's pageant
the pageant of public life figurative.
▪ something regarded as a series of interesting and varied events:
it's all part of life's rich pageant.
▪ historical a scene erected on a fixed stage or moving vehicle as a public show.
– ORIGIN late Middle English pagyn, of unknown origin.