There are several reasons why I love a street parade but reviewing these photos from the 2012 Perth Pride Parade, I realised it comes down to three things.
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See if you can guess what they are by this group of photos, and why I’ve been pondering lately about whether street parades have a part to play in mental health.
The answers at the end.
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Give up?
There’s the creativity, where everyday people come up with amazing ideas.
Secondly, the fact that all manner of ages, races and personality types mesh into one, revealing in the event and momentarily ignoring their differences
But mostly I think it’s the smiles … it seems everyone either in the parade or in the crowd is smiling.
So my pondering is that perhaps street parades do have a part to play in mental health. Perhaps, like personal breast scans, everybody should be prescribed ‘attendance at at least one street parade per year’ as part of our mental health plan.
