IMardi Gras 2018 ijikeleze ikona. Ngelixa iholide yalo nyaka iqhubeke ngobuchwephesha ukusukela nge-6 kaJanuwari, kungoLwesibini we-Fat-usuku lokugqibela lokuzonwabisa ngaphambi kwe-Lent - enxulunyaniswa ikakhulu nemibhiyozo.
Kulo nyaka, uFat Lwesibini nguFebruwari 13, kwaye wena kunye neapos mhlawumbi uyazibuza ukuba ungayibhiyozela phi imibala yeMardi Gras: mfusa, luhlaza kunye negolide. Ngelixa isixeko sase ENew Orleans - ngakumbi ikota yesiFrentshi- ibiyinkunzi yeMardi Gras kangangeenkulungwane, i-Big Easy ayisiyiyo kuphela idolophu eMelika ebeka imingcelele kunye neminyhadala yeholide entle.
Kukholelwa ngokubanzi ukuba iMardi Gras kuqala kwaqala kwiFowuni, eAlabama nje emva kokuqalisa kwenkulungwane ye-18. Unoko engqondweni, kukho inani leedolophu kwilizwe lonke apho iholide, ekwabizwa ngokuba yiCarnival, isasazekile. Nazi ezinye zeyona mibhiyozo mihle kakhulu yeMardi Gras ejikeleze i-US, ngaphandle kweNew Orleans.