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Processions have in all peoples and at all times been a natural form of public celebration, as forming an orderly and impressive ceremony.

Religious and triumphal processions are abundantly illustrated by ancient monuments, e. g. the religious processions of Egypt, those illustrated by the rock-carvings of Boghaz-Keui, the many representations of processions in Greek art, culminating in the great Panathenaic procession of the Parthenon Frieze, and Roman triumphal reliefs, such as those of the arch of Titus.