A procession
A procession is a congregation of people unified to demonstrate
their intention to do something, moving from one place to another with
festoons, banners etc. in the hands of the members and, often, with slogans in
their voices. A procession, unlike a crowd or mob, has a planed behavioral
pattern. It can be based on political, social, cultural, or on any other
special or “one-time” purpose. Some processions, like cultural or other
ceremonial, are nice-looking. They also have a positive effect on the mentality
and perception of the onlookers. So with the political processions. They create
awareness, consciousness and, as far as the processions of our country are
concerned, terror. What is more, politics in Bangladesh seems mainly to be
based on the terrifying menace of processions. That is why such processions
often do not follow any socially acceptable of constructive norm of conduct. Rather,
they behave more like mobs than like civilized unified groups. However,
processions are outcomes of people’s values, desires, obsessions, purposes and
among many other things, of their existential consciousness. They exist, and
will continue to exist.
