It was a parade the likes of which had never been seen in Zimbabwe's capital Harare.
As its name suggests, Harare is a city that never sleeps or stops moving; but recently it came to a standstill when hundreds of buses drove along one of its main street, Samora Machel Avenue, for a colorful parade which heralded the dawn of a new transport era.
Starting from the western end of the street, the procession, which included escorting police vehicles sounding their horns, plus marching pipe bands, snaked its way past hundreds of enthralled onlookers.