cowparade is one of the largest public art events of the world. first it began in chicago and new york. this was in 1999 and 2000. the cow parade runs many cities of the united states up to the year 2001. in 2002 it moved to europe, in london. this parade has covered a lot of countries through all the five continents. in 2008 they moved to the fourth latin-american country, costa rica. the cow parade has been in argentina, brazil and mexico, also.