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New Orleans has one of the most original,
weird, accessible and mind-blowing carnivals
of them all. Though the name refers to the
entire season, Mardi Gras itself – French for
“Fat Tuesday” – is simply the culmination of
a whirl of parades, parties, bohemian street
revels and secret masked balls, all tied up with
the city’s Byzantine social, racial and political
structures. Much of official Carnival revolves
around members-only “krewes”, who, as
well as organizing the public parades, hold
elite, invitation-only, costume balls. Visitors
are more likely to be sucked into unofficial
Carnival: shindigs thrown by “alternative”
krewes, spontaneous carousing in the narrow
old streets of the French Quarter and the
neighbouring Faubourg Marigny, and always,
everywhere, the city’s famed live music – the
best jazz, R&B, funk and wild brass bands you’ll
ever dance to.
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Where?
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
When?
February or March
How Long?
Around 6 weeks
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