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[questionseverything]

1. Super impressive!

[Easterncedar]

2. Stunning!

I have never seen anything like those floats. The regalia! Just gorgeous!

[2naSalit]

3. Wow!

The only events that come close to that, that I have seen, in the west is Powow. Never seen an Indian parade! This is really cool. My mom's side of the family has Objiwa in the lineage but not enough to claim.

[Martin Eden]

4. Gorgeous floats and costumes!

So beautiful and creative, I am impressed beyond words.

[mahina]

5. Awesome!

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Stunning. It should replace Macey's for nationwide coverage.

[Beringia]

7. I don't see any women represented

[Trueblue Texan]

15. Women were all over in the parade...

Did you watch until the end? They were on dozens of floats, they were marching, they were dancing, they were demonstrating artisan skills. Go look again.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. That's AI slop

[rurallib]

12. I believe you are correct

[Trueblue Texan]

16. I can believe it's AI...

It's almost too magnificent to be real. But it was still amazing.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. I find it disgusting, myself, for a variety of reasons.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Wow! This does something to my soul. Pow Wows are a routine part of my life.

They just don't happen often enough for me. But I'm very thankful that they happen at all. So inspirational!!!

I hope you don't mind that I cross posted here: https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3608807

Thanks so much for sharing this, catbyte. ❤️

[sl8]

10. Looks like an AI fake.

Look at some of the other parade videos on this channel. I particularly like the one with unrestrained rhinos and lions leading a parade through LA.
https://m.youtube.com/@festivaldrift-h1h

In this video, at about 8:45 min, look at the woman holding up a bunch of feathers. When she lowers her arm, some of the feathers proceed floating down the street as if she were still holding them.

If this large, elaborate parade were real, seems like there would be news coverage of it, but I'm not seeing any.

On edit:
From the channel description of an earler version of this video posted on Youtube:

Epic Rides showcases parade trucks, convoys, and unique vehicle parades across the USA — all created with AI, bringing stylized and cinematic parade moments to life.

Subscribe now to explore AI-created parade rides and never miss a new upload.

[Earthrise]

11. The distortion in the image is obvious in a few places and crowds do not behave like that.

It must be AI - the size and number and extensive ornamentation on the floats is absurd. There is no way they would put that many Eagle feathers on anything as massive as the Eagle float. The bird and the feathers are sacred. I guess a real parade wouldn’t be impressive enough to make a splash on YouTube.

[COL Mustard]

14. That's pretty funny, actually

With the feathers self locomoting.

Is that a word???

[Trueblue Texan]

13. That was amazing!

Those floats were masterpieces! I've never seen such a magnificent parade. And to the person who said they saw no women represented, I don't know why you missed them! There were as many women as men!