Ngexesha lonyaka xa isixeko sihlala siphila, kulo nyaka iMardi Gras, iNew Orleans izakuvala indawo yayo yebar - kubandakanya ukuthatha - ukuthintela ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, uSodolophu uLatoya Cantrell ikhuphe ukuvalwa ngokutsha kweMardi Gras yesixeko, eya kuthi iqale ukusukela nge-6 kusasa ngoLwesihlanu, nge-12 kaFebruwari ukuya nge-6 kusasa ngoLwesithathu, ngoFebruwari 17. Ukongeza ekuvalweni ngokupheleleyo kwemivalo ngeli xesha, akukho ziko (kubandakanya neeresityu) eliza kuvunyelwa ukuba lithengisele- hamba iziselo ezinxilisayo.
Amashishini aphula imithetho anokujongana nokucima kwangoko okanye ukulahleka kwamaphepha-mvume.
Nokuba izithintelo zibekwe kwikota yesiFrentshi, apho isixeko sibhiyozela khona. Ukuthengiswa kotywala okupakishiweyo kuya kuvalwa ngexesha leMardi Gras kule ndawo kwaye abahambi ngeenyawo kunye nezithuthi aziyi kuvunyelwa kwezinye zeebhloko ezaziwa kakhulu ukusukela ngentsimbi yesi-7. kude kube nge-3 kusasa ebusuku, kubandakanya iindawo zezitrato zaseBourbon nezaseFrance. Akukho ndawo zokupaka ziya kusebenza kuloo ndawo.
Isitalato iBourbon Abahambi ngenyawo kwisitalato iBourbon ehlotyeni. | Ityala: Sean Gardner / Getty Izithombe
Iindibano zangaphakathi zikhawulelwe kubantu abali-10 kwaye iindibano zangaphandle zinqunyelwe kwi-25. Iindwendwe kufuneka zinxibe iimaski kwaye zigcine umgama ekuhlaleni ngelixa zihlangana.
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, isithethi sikasodolophu sithe IMardi Gras ayinakucinywa kodwa ukuba imibhiyozo izakubonakala 'yahluke kakhulu' ngo-2021.
Nangona imibhiyozo iya kuba incinci kakhulu kulo nyaka ngokurhoxiswa kwemikhosi, iNew Orleans inezinye iindlela zokuyila. Amakhaya ajikeleze isixeko anxitywe 'njengezindlu zokudada' kwaye ahonjiswe ngemixholo ebonisa umoya wexesha. Abantu bendawo banokufumana imephu yawo onke amakhaya athatha inxaxheba kwaye bajikeleze isixeko babhiyoze ngelixa bekhuselekile.
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