A Technoparade (the word is German) is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers, along the streets of a municipality, which are closed down for this purpose.

It resembles a carnival parade, but the vehicles are less elaborately decorated and the music -- usually, but not always, techno -- comes from a DJ's sound systems. Also, a technoparade doesn't share the carnival parade tradition of bombarding the spectators with sweets. However, the revellers do occasionally throw confetti (usually larger and more sparkly than that in a carnival parade) and spray foam from the vehicles onto the crowd.

Nearly all of the vehicles are converted trucks. In order to power the amplifiers, the trucks are frequently equipped with an additional electrical generator. The theoretical possibility of using overhead tram wires in some cities has never been put into practice: as a rule such overhead current-delivery systems are switched off during the gathering for safety reasons. Likewise for safety reasons, horse-drawn floats are never used in technoparades: there would be a danger of horses panicking from the noise and chaos. However, there are occasional human-drawn floats equipped with generators, record players, amplifiers and loudspeakers. Some of the vehicles allow people to ride along, for a fee. For those on the sidelines, or travelling alongside on foot or bicycles, attendance is free.


World's largest technoparades:

1. Street Parade, Zurich 800,000 participants
2. Love Parade, Berlin (1989 - 2003) 700,000 participants (2003)
3. techno parade, paris 500,000 participants (2006)

Technoparades generally take place in large cities. In Germany, the most important technoparades (past and present) are:

* Love Parade, Berlin (1989 - 2003)
* Fuckparade, Berlin (founded 1997)
* G-move, Hamburg
* Union Move, Munich (until 2001)
* Reincarnation, Hanover

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org