Amyclae was also the location of parades of carts decorated by the girls and women of Sparta.

From carts decorated with lanterns, hawkers sold their wares to passing citizens out for a stroll after supper.

He saw her standing in the back of a black cart decorated with gold symbols, the old witch's cart.

During the celebrations, which attract numerous pilgrims from the nearby villages, there is a procession where the statue of the saint is carried on the shoulders along the streets (sometimes accompanied by a cart decorated with flowers and ex-voto).

The carts on display, decorated with intricate carvings, have ceilings painted by Hokusai.

Also from Sicily are sections of ox carts ($300), decorated with scenes from the Norman chivalric tales painted on wood with iron filigree.

Another favourite with the children was the Hokey Pokey man with his painted ice-cream cart decorated with a fringed canopy with highly polished barley twist supports, and selling half-penny cornets.