Chariot Rides

"I just love how clever the stylists are each year, reflecting the character of each district."

- Caesar Flickerman

When entering the Training Center, tributes were required to enter via chariot rides that would show the audience what to expect from the competitors of each district. The chariots would be decorated according to which district they belonged to and their district's industry. Most of the time the audience would cheer for the chariots they liked and do nothing for the ones they did not like. The chariot rides were very important because it was a chance for the tributes to make an impression on the citizens of the Capitol. This is also the first time the Capitol gets to see the tributes, so a good impression is very important in order for them to receive sponsors.

For each Hunger Games, it is required that the districts enter in numerical order, starting with District 1 and finishing with District 12.

The event is also referred to as the "Tribute Parade."

District 1 - Luxuries
The District 1 tributes, Glimmer and Marvel, had glitter sprayed all over their outfits, and were carried by white horses. In the film, the District 1 tributes wore pink outfits. Glimmer wore a large, pink feather headdress and a long dress with a pink feather cape. Marvel wore a shiny tunic which also had a pink feather cape.

District 2 - Masonry
The District 2 tributes, Cato and Clove wore gold gladiator-style costumes in the film.

District 3 - Technology
The tributes from District 3 wore shiny costumes with headdresses that mimicked the complex innerworkings of electronics.

District 4 - Fishing
The District 4 tributes wore blue gowns that represented waves with starfish pins on their shoulders and pearls in their hair.

District 5 - Power
The District 5 tributes wore shiny and flashy silver costumes that represented their District's main export, power and electricity.

District 6 - Transportation
The District 6 tributes were dressed in a costume that resembled a moon. They had a crescent moon-shaped head piece that curved around their face.

District 7 - Lumber
The District 7 tributes wore body suits of paper and headdresses of paper fans, although it is mentioned in the book that they would always be dressed as trees.

District 8 - Textiles
The District 8 tributes wore costumes of various blue and pink fabrics possibly inspired by the fabric laden outfits that medieval jesters wore.

District 9 - Grain
The tributes from District 9 wore body suits with rows of silver and gold to represent fields of grain, and they wore silver half circles behind their head.

District 10 - Livestock
The tributes from District 10 wore gold and white cowboy costumes.

District 11 - Agriculture
Rue and Thresh from District 11 were dressed in farmer like costumes, with silver branches as their headpiece.

District 12 - Mining
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark made an impression by wearing black unitards, flaming capes and headdresses. This was how Katniss got her nickname, "the girl on fire."

The 75th Hunger Games
For the 75th Hunger Games, a lot of the other stylists took note of Katniss and Peeta's entrance last year, and did the same for their district's tributes. The notable outfits worn were:

District 3 - Technology
Beetee and Wiress wore electric bulb studded outfits.

District 4 - Fishing
Finnick Odair of District 4 wore a fish net over him that was carefully knotted so that it covered his groin. In the film, he is shirtless and wears some sort of a kilt and a necklace of shells.

District 7 - Lumber
District 7's Johanna Mason was dressed as a tree, though she removed the outfit after the chariot ride and continued wearing only slippers that night until the elevator stopped on her floor. In the film, she was still a tree, but without a leafy headdress of branches, only a green bodysuit, a leather corset, and spiked bracelets.

District 9 - Grain
The tributes from District 9 were dressed as loaves of bread.

District 10 - Livestock
The tributes of District 10 wore cow outfits with flaming belts, an ensemble which greatly bemused Katniss. She also thought that it was an attempt by the stylists to copy Cinna and Portia's designs from the previous year. In the film adaption, you can see the District 10 female wearing a greek goddess gown. It starts with a  dark blue on the top and slowly turning lighter at the bottom, a white little drape of her costume. The District 10 male could be wearing a toga.

District 11 - Agriculture
Seeder wears a purple bodysuit with a wreath of violet flowers, Chaff wears a similar yellow one but with a wreath of corn.

District 12 - Mining
Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen of District 12 wore outfits with crowns similar to the crowns they received when they were crowned victors, except black and the outfits are described as looking like a glowing ember from inside a fireplace.