Editing Love Parade (section)

==Setup==
The music played at the events was predominantly electronic [[dance music]]&nbsp;— in this case mainly [[house music|house]] & [[techno music|techno]], and schranz music. Attempts to introduce other music styles, such as [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], have failed. Hardcore and gabber music were part of the parade in early years, but were later removed. They are now celebrated separately on a counter-demonstration called "[[Fuckparade]]".

The parade was seen to be louder and more crowded than most concerts. With its water-cooled sound systems on every truck, the parade produced an extremely loud sound floor.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} After the 2001 arrangement, [[veterinarian]]s at the [[Berlin Zoo]] blamed the parade for giving more than half of its animals [[diarrhea]]. Chairman Heiner Kloes said veterinarians told him the heavy bass was to blame for disturbing the animals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quiet.org/noiseletter/spring2003/page8.htm|title=Noiseletter - Spring 2003, Page 8|website=www.quiet.org|access-date=28 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705055202/http://www.quiet.org/noiseletter/spring2003/page8.htm|archive-date=5 July 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The parade consisted of the sound trucks that usually featured local, or important, clubs and their [[DJ]]s. It had become a rule that only trucks that had sponsors from a techno-related field, such as clubs, labels or stores, were allowed, but advertising space was increased after the 2006 event to offset the high costs of equipping a truck.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} The trucks were usually open on top and featured dancers, with box-systems mounted on the side or rear.

The parade was a place where some exhibited and enjoyed other people's [[exhibitionist]] tendencies.<ref name=Borneman/> Some attendees enjoyed carrying around toys or other items such as dummies (pacifiers) or face masks. Often the crowd was imaginative in terms of clothing (or lack thereof) and appearance.

One famous picture from the parade is people sitting and dancing on streetlamps, trees, commercial signs, telephone booths, which gave the event's nickname "the greatest amateur circus on earth".{{cn|date=May 2023}}

The demonstration concluded with the so-called "Abschlusskundgebung" which were sets of the world's leading top DJs such as [[DJ Tiesto]], [[Paul Van Dyk]], [[Carl Cox]], [[Armin Van Buuren]], [[DJ Rush]], [[DJ Hell]], [[Westbam]], [[Drum Connection]], [[Miss Djax]], [[Marusha]] or [[Chris Liebing]]. During this time all trucks (usually about 40) were connected to each other and set online to the statue of victory where the [[phonograph|turntables]] are. This was one of the few chances a DJ can ever have to play for a crowd of about one million people.