Meanings of whole pageant in English

This whole pageant was probably a dumb show to the astonished and ignorant natives.

But the whole pageant vanished.

He is the author of a wry, splendid book calledLife: An Unauthorised Biography, which covers the whole pageant of animate creation.

And the slant white sails and the black specks of boats on it hung in the sky, and were as unsubstantial as the whole pageant.

In spite of ourselves, we became eager and excited, half fearing that the whole pageant would dissolve the next moment, and leave no trace behind.