Al-Hawari attempted to model the Najjada on the Haganah, but in practice its primary activity consisted of noisy parades in town squares; there was little if any military activity at all.

Intrigued, they walked down the block to find a colorful, noisy parade of mostly teenagers and twentysomethings chanting, "These are our streets!"

Before her appearances at the noisy parades, O'Leary would feed Big Bertha whiskey to steady her nerves.

A traditional punishment for infidelity or marital violence, the charivari involved a noisy parade in which the offending party or parties, or effigies representing them, were carried through the streets of the village or town where they lived.

This festival involves the placing of an idol of Lord Ganesha in the house for either 1 , 3,5,7 or 11 days after which it is immersed in the ocean after a colourful and noisy parade.

In spite of his renown, his initial stab at picture books, a story about a boy named Marco whose imagination transforms a simple horse-cart into a noisy and colorful parade, received 27 rejection notices.

The noisy parade following him seemed to be attracting the destructive creatures from all over the station, or so he hoped.

And the noisy parade continues for hours.

The day starts with a brief, noisy parade down Main St., anchored by youth organizations, the Algonquin High School marching band, and police and fire vehicles.

Too many noisy parades, she said.