NEW ORLEANS - Oyera a New Orleans anali masewera awiri okha kuti apange mbiri ya NFL kwa chaka chachiwiri chotsatizana, koma simudzapeza nkhope zambiri zazitali m'misewu ya Big Easy. Zili choncho chifukwa mzindawu uli wodzaza ndi chiyembekezo komanso chisangalalo cha zomwe zimatchedwa “The Greatest Free Show on Earth”: Mardi Gras. Kwatsala milungu itatu yokha kuyambira pano mpaka Lachiwiri la Fat, kotero zokonzekera kupitiliza mwambo wazaka 312 zikuyenda bwino.
Zingakhale zovuta kuyerekeza kuchuluka kwakukonzekera kupita ku zikondwererozi chifukwa magulu opitilira 60 akuyembekezeka kudutsa dera la Greater New Orleans m'mwezi ukubwerawu, ambiri omwe aziyenda nthawi imodzi. Izi zimachokera ku gulu loyenda la French Quarter monga Pete Fountain's Half-Fast Walking Club (yomwe wosewera John Goodman ndi membala) mpaka "makawe apamwamba" ngati Orpheus, omwe zoyandama zake zokongola zimawononga madola masauzande ambiri ndipo zimatengera miyezi kuti amange.
Chinthu chimodzi chodziwika bwino pa zokonzekera zonse mumzindawu ndi Superdome, nyumba ya Oyera. Zitseko zake zatsekedwa chifukwa cha carnival pamene amalandira makeover athunthu poyembekezera kuchititsa Superbowl XLVII mu 2013. Izi zikutanthauza kuti Krewe wa Endymion, yemwe ali ndi mpira wake wapachaka wa Extravaganza mkati mwa makoma ozungulira opatulika, adzasuntha mapazi awo kwakanthawi ku Morial Convention. Pakati. Opezeka pakati pa mamembala a krewe a Endymion chaka chino adzakhala otchuka Anderson Cooper, Kelly Ripa ndi Pat Benatar, omwe onse adzakhala ngati mafumu.
Wolemba mbiri wa Mardi Gras komanso mlembi wakomweko Arthur Hardy akuti, "Palibe aliyense ku New Orleans akadakhala ndi chidwi chobwereza kupambana kwa Superbowl chaka chatha, koma tonse tikuyembekezerabe nyengo ya Carnival yokhazikitsa mbiri."
