The way the villagers tell it, it's just a savvy way of packaging an outdoor adventure experience while throwing in a topical theme of migrant solidarity.

Great acting, script and topical theme.

The parade features more than 8,500 entrants in colourful costumes and elaborate floats, who represent a community group, topical theme or political message.

There are weighty and topical themes aplenty.

By contrast, topical themes that seemed so relevant in the 1960s and 70s became old and distant.