Kwa nthawi yoyamba kuyambira 1979, mzinda wa New Orleans uletsa anthu odziwika padziko lonse lapansi Mardi Gras parades mu 2021, chifukwa cha mliri wa coronavirus.
Meya wa New Orleans a LaToya Cantrell alengeza kuti ziwonetsero zonse mu chikondwerero cha 2021 Mardi Gras chomwe chikubwera mu February zidachotsedwa.
"Ma parade amtundu uliwonse saloledwa chaka chino chifukwa misonkhano yayikulu yatsimikizika kuti ndiyomwe imafalitsa kachilombo ka COVID-19," a Cantrell adalemba patsamba la mzindawu.
Koma, ngakhale atayimitsidwa, New Orleans ikuyesera kupulumutsa chochitika chake chachikulu kwambiri pachaka ndipo sadzawatcha "oletsedwa."
Uthengawo womwe udalembedwa Lachiwiri pa akaunti ya mzindawu pa Twitter udawonetsa fanizo lokhala ndi mawu akuti, "Mardi Gras ndiosiyana, sanathetsedwe."
"Popeza COVID-19 ikufalikira, tikuyenera kusintha nyengo yazakudya kuti zizikhala zotetezeka kwa aliyense," watero mzindawu.
Sizikudziwika bwinobwino kuti Mardi Gras azisewera bwanji osayang'ana pakati: ziwonetsero za Fat Lachiwiri zomwe zimakopa alendo pafupifupi 1.4 miliyoni pachaka.
Ma parades ambiri nthawi zambiri amachitikira ku Orleans Parish yokha, kuphatikiza zionetsero zomwe zidachitika m'masiku opita ku Mardi Gras, omwe agwera pa 16 February chaka chino.
New Orleans m'mbuyomu adangochotsa ziwonetsero panthawi ya Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni, zipolowe zapachiweniweni mu 1875, Nkhondo Yadziko I, Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse komanso kunyanyala kwa apolisi mu 1979.
Makalabu ochezera, otchedwa Krewes, adzavomerezedwabe mipira yawo ya Mardi Gras, koma adzafunika kutsatira malangizo oyendetsera malo, ndipo zochitikazo zidzangokhala zoyitanira okha, kutanthauza kuti anthu sangathe kupita, malinga ndi patsamba la mzindawo. Krewes nthawi zambiri amasonkhana pamodzi kuti amange oyandama.
Madera osangalatsa a Bourbon Street ndi Frenchman Street mu French Quarter amzindawu adzakhala otseguka, koma mgawowo uzikakamizidwa ndi zoletsa za Covid-19, kuphatikiza malo odyera ndi malo omwera mowa, kuchepa kwa nthawi yogwirira ntchito, kuvala chigoba ndi mapazi asanu ndi limodzi chosokoneza chofunikira. Maphwando anyumba azikhala ndi zoletsa zomwezo.
