Crossword puzzle clue "colourful parade"

an elaborate public spectacle

to make the colour of a clear sky

(Latin) a climbing plant with showy flowers

a European fish-eating bird with very brilliant blue-green and chestnut plumage, formerly known as the halcyon

a small brightly coloured beetle, also LADYBUG, LADYCOW, LADYFLY

(Tupi) a South American genus of ornamental plants closely related to tobacco