Okokuqala iindwendwe zihlala zizisa iseti yemithwalo eNew Orleans —yibiza ityesi yesixokelelwano seengcinga eziphosakeleyo, iingcinga ezigwenxa, kunye nobuntloko obuphosakeleyo obungacaphukisi kuphela abemi nabanye abantu balapha, kodwa ezinokukhokelela kumava aphantse alibaleke. Akukho ndawo iyinyani ngakumbi kunangexesha leCarnival, ixesha lomnyhadala phakathi koBusuku boShumi elinambini (nge-6 kaJanuwari) kunye neMardi Gras, okanye iFat Lwesibini, kulo nyaka iwela kumhla ovuthayo kaFebruwari 9.

Ewe, kukho itoni yokusela kunye nokutya, kwaye ewe, lixesha nendawo yokuvumela iflegi enye ukuba ibhabhe, kodwa ukuba kukho enye into enokuthi ixilonge iLaissez les bon temps rouler, iyakuba yi-It & apos ; kwimarathon, ayisiyiyo eyokubaleka. Eli lithuba elizukileyo lokufumana isixeko kunye neenkalo zayo ezizodwa zenkcubeko ngendlela eyonwabisayo kunye nosapho lonke.

Ukulungele ukufumana iMardi Gras ngendlela abahlali abenza ngayo? Emva koko landela ezi ngcebiso zili-10.

1. Tune in

Enye yeendlela ezilungileyo zokuzilungiselela kukujonga ngokukhawuleza kwezinye zezinto ezenza iNew Orleans neCarnival yahluke. Qala ukumamela umculo waseLouisana ngoku: Jonga ingqokelela yomculo ngokulula njengeNew Orleans Party Classics (iRhino) kunye neLutho ngaphandle kwePati: Basin Street Records & apos; Ukuqokelelwa kweNew Orleans Mardi Gras, okanye kwandiswe njengooGqirha, ooNjingalwazi, iiKumkani kunye neeQueens: iiOl Ol & apos; Ibhokisi yaseNew Orleans (Shout Factor).

Okanye qala ukulungelelanisa kwi-Intanethi kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo WWOZ . Funda malunga nenkcubeko yesitalato kunye ne-apos ngokujonga amaxwebhu anje nge-All On a Mardi Gras Day okanye Soloko ukonwabisa, ezivavanya ubuncwane benkcubeko njengamaqela obhedu kunye namaNdiya aseMardi Gras. Yenzelwe abantwana, irente ifilimu yoopopayi ye-Disney ekhethwe ngu-Oscar Inkosazana kunye neFrog, ithatha isandi sayo sopopayi kunye nesandi sayo eLouisiana.

2. Jonga imidiya yasekhaya

Iindawo zosasazo zasekuhlaleni zinolwazi oluninzi, kubandakanya nezikhokelo, ukuhamba bhetele isixeko kunye nomnyhadala. Isikhokelo sika-Arthur Hardy & Apos; s Mardi Gras (ngoku sikwi-40th edition) ithathwa njengebhayibhile yezikhokelo ukuya kwixesha lonyaka, ngokuchithwa kwayo kwemingcelele kunye neeprofayili. Amaphephandaba amabini-iNew Orleans Advocate kunye neTimes-Picayune- nawo aneewebhusayithi ezomeleleyo. I-WWL-TV ibonelela 'ngoncedo lweparade-tracker' eluncedo yokukhuphela. Kwaye iWWOZ (ngasentla) sisikhululo sikanomathotholo ukubhenela kumculo waseNew Orleans. I-Offbeat, imagazini yomculo nenkcubeko yanyanga zonke, kunye neGambit, enye iindaba zeveki, zibonelela ngoncedo lweCarnival kunye neendaba ezinxulumene nazo, nazo.

3. Musa ukusela ... Kulungile, musa ukusela iLOTI.

Ukusela kakhulu — ngakumbi ii-cocktails ezinjenge-Hurricane okanye i-Hand Grenade-kuqinisekisiwe ukuba uyayikhupha isipaji sakho, amandla akho kunye nokuqonda kwakho. Uninzi lwabantu balapha bayazihamba, ngakumbi kwiindlela zokuhamba, kwaye baneebhiya okanye i-cocktail ngamanye amaxesha njengoko befumana ulonwabo lokwenene oluqhubeka macala onke kubo. Ukuba awusayi kusela nantoni na, yenze amanzi.

4. Hlonipha abahlali

Abantu base-Orleaniya ngabona bantu banomoya wokubuk 'iindwendwe ehlabathini, kodwa iminyaka yokuziphatha gwenxa kunye nokuziphatha gwenxa kunye nevidiyo ethi' Girls Gone Wild 'ziye zacaphukisa (uxolele u-pun) umbono wokuphinda uqalise ukonwabisa indawo yeendwendwe. Bonke abakhenkethi baxhuzula okanye bechama ecaleni kwesakhiwo, onke amabele abhencekileyo kwisitrato iBourbon, yonke into ekhwaza ngaphandle kwendawo eqeshisayo ye-Airbnb kwindawo ezolileyo, umlo wonke ongafunekiyo, ubangela amava kuwo wonke umntu. Ukufuna ukwazi malunga nenkcubeko kunye nenkcubeko kunye namasiko amkelekile ngakumbi emva koko ukuba nemibono esele ityhilwe ebusweni. INew Orleans, enyanisweni, ihlala ihlala ivulekile ingqondo. Abantu bendawo bonwabe kakhulu ngokuxoxa, hayi ukukhusela, iindlela zabo zesixeko.

5. Zazi iindlela zakho zamathuba.

Iminyaka, ezitalato zintathu zidla ngokunxulunyaniswa neCarnival yayiyiBourbon Street, Canal Street, kunye neSt.Charles Avenue-ezi zimbini zokugqibela ziqhagamshelene kakhulu neendlela zomngcelele wobude. Kodwa kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, izitrato ezitsha zinikezela ngeendlela zokuzonwabisa, kubandakanya i-Uptown kunye neapos s Freret Street corridor, Central City & apos; Imbali yeOretha Castle Haley Boulevard, Bywater & apos; s ISitalato iDauphinine (esiya kumazantsi eFrench Quarter) kunye kufutshane neSt. Claude Avenue. Ke kukho & apos indawo yokuqhushumba kwesitalato saseFrance, indawo eneebhloko ezintlanu zomculo, imivalo, iivenkile zokutyela, kunye (neenyanga ezimbalwa) intengiso yobugcisa.

6. Khumbula umculo odlalayo

Ngombhiyozo kunye nokuphinda uqhubeke, kulula kwaye kuyaqondakala ukubanjwa kwiindlela zomngcelele okanye ngaphakathi kwikota yesiFrentshi. Kodwa & apos; phantse ukungaziphathi kakuhle ukushiya iNew Orleans kwaye ungajongi kwindawo yangoku kunye nokhenketho lomculo. Iintsapho zinokonwabela umculo omninzi ngaphambi komnyhadala kwiFamily Gras Festival eMetairie (nge-29 ukuya ku-31 kaJanuwari); kulo nyaka kunye ne-apos; s uphahliso lwesihlanu lweHarmony, iBhendi uPerry, uGqirha John & The Nite Trippers, Johnny Rivers, Imagination Movers, kunye neMonkees 50th Anniversary Tour.

Umnyhadala weKing Cake (ngoJanuwari 31, iChampions Square) ubonakalisa iTribe Tribe kunye neBucktown All-Stars. I-Zulu & apos; s Lundi Gras Festival (nge-8 kaFebruwari, iWoldenberg Park) ibonisa iRebirth Brass Band kunye neRockin & apos; IDopsie kunye neZydeco Twisters (kunye nomculo omninzi wabantwana). (I-WWOZ kunye neapos 's' Offbeat Live Wire 'iqhuba uluhlu lomculo olubanzi.)

7. Qaphela, ukhuseleke, kwaye uqaphele

Nanini na xa amashumi amawaka abantu esihla esiya nakwesiphi na isixeko kuwo nawuphi na umnyhadala, ingozi inokuba yinto. Ukuziqhelanisa nengqondo eqhelekileyo kwenza okuninzi njengokufumana ukuphosa ngexesha lomngcelele. Oko kubandakanya ukuhlala neqela lakho, ukuzisa iitshaja eziphathwayo kunye ne-plug-in (nokuba ziifowuni ezikrelekrele ezikhupha amanzi ngokukhawuleza), ukuvumelana kwiindawo ekulula ukuzifumana, iintloko zeenombolo zeenkampani zeekhabhathi, ukukhumbuza abahlobo okanye usapho ukuba uza kuba nini kwaye nini okanye ukudibana, kwaye uhlala uhlala kwindawo ezikhanyayo apho abanye abantu badibana khona.

8. Qwalasela iibhola zeMardi Gras

Ayizizo zonke ezizimeleyo. Amanye amaqela amakhulu kunye nangaphezulu enza iminyhadala enkulu kuluntu. Ibhola yeCoronation ye-Zulu ngolwesiHlanu, uFebruwari 5, ibonakalisa i-funk kunye neentsomi ze-R & B uCharlie Wilson kunye nomrepha onguJuvenile, kunye nomculi uDeniece Williams. UPitbull noSteven Tyler weAerosmith badlala eEndymion & apos; s 'Extravaganza' eMercedes-Benz Superdome ngoMgqibelo, ngoFebruwari 6. IBacchus Bash ngeCawa, eyoMdumba yesi-7, ibonakalisa uMannie Fresh noThotho lweTrow kwiGenerations Hall. I-Orpheus kunye neapos; 'I-Orpheuscapade,' emgceni wayo engekabhengezwa, ibanjwa ngeCawa, nge-8 kaFebruwari, e-Ernest N. Morial Convention Centre kwaye ibonise iTrap Cheick kunye noDierks Bentley njengeentloko zakutsha nje.

9. Jonga iinkwenkwezi ziphuma

INew Orleans yindawo emnandi ebantwini-ukubukela ngosuku oluphakathi, kodwa ukwanda kokuthandwa kweMardi Gras kunye nokuvela kwesixeko njengefilimu yaseHollywood South eyenza indawo eshushu kukhokelele koosaziwayo abaninzi abatyelelayo ngelixesha-rhoqo kwifom Ookumkani abadumileyo. Amagqabantshintshi abandakanya ukumkanikazi weBouce star kunye nembali yasekhaya iBig Freedia (eKrewe du Vieux, Jan. 23), amalungu e-NCIS: New Orleans (eChewbacchus, Jan. 30), Solange Knowles (Muses, Feb. 4) no-Anthony Mackie (Bacchus, Feb. 7).

10. Khangela ibala lakho

Zininzi iindawo ezizodwa zokubukela u-Zulu kunye ne-Rex parades ngolwe-Lwesibini we-Fat, kunokuba nomda wokuzivalela kwisitalato saseCanal (apho ungabona khona zombini, ngokulandelelana). Umzekelo, ukufumana indawo i-Uptown kunokukunika ithuba lokubona amanye amaqela angaqhelekanga, kubandakanya iKrewe yeJULU ngasemva kukaZulu, okanye iKrewe yaseCrescent City, itraki. Ukuseta ecaleni kwe-Orleans Avenue kunika ithuba eliqinisekileyo lokubamba ikhokhonathi yamaZulu exabisekileyo kwaye ubukele i-toast yonyaka yenkosi yamaZulu ngumpheki oyindumasi uLeah Chase kwibala lakhe elingaphandle kwendawo yokutyela iDokoky Chase kunye neapos; kwaye ubeka iziyolo kufutshane neMardi Gras ekufutshane. Ngaphantsi kweBridge 'imithendeleko ecaleni kweClaiborne Avenue.

Unokuhamba kunye noMbutho wase-Saint Anne onomoya okhululekileyo kunye nefestile njengoko usenza isitalato iRoyal Street ukusuka e-Bywater, uye kwikota yesiFrentshi emva koko uye kwi-Mississippi River kwisithethe sonyaka. Okanye, musa ukukhupha nayiphi na imingcelele, kwaye ubuze kwindawo eyaziwayo malunga nendlela yokubona amaNdiya aseMardi Gras njengoko bephuma kwizitrato zaseNew Orleans kunye neesuti zabo ezintsha.