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New Orleans isn't going to let a pandemic stop them from celebrating Mardi Gras! This is how the festival is continuing on this year.
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What to know: How is New Orleans celebrating Mardi Gras this year?

Mardi Gras is looked forward to by many people every year. The celebration takes place right before Lent and is filled with colorful parades, music, good food, drinking, dancing, and more.

The festival takes place in New Orleans every year, and this year, people have been wondering how Mardi Gras is going to work thanks to the pandemic that has been affecting the country for about a year now.

Here’s what the city of New Orleans has decided to do to make sure that their beloved festival will still happen this year.

House Floats

Since parades are a no-go this year due to the inability to social distance parade attendees and performers, New Orleans citizens decided to do the next best thing.

They decorated their homes and called them “house floats”. The different homes are filled with colorful displays of all kinds filled with the same joy and verve any ordinary Mardi Gras float would have.

Others have been calling the static “parade” of house floats “Yardi Gras”.

Traditions don’t stop

The Timbuktu Warriors are a popular part of Mardi Gras festivities and New Orleans didn’t go without them this year.

With colorful outfits and traditional music, many people were delighted to see they were still putting on a performance this year.

Porch concert

To go along with the house floats, some more musically inclined people have even been performing in their yards to celebrate Mardi Gras with the usual energetic music people have come to know, love, and expect of the festival.

Extra precautions

The festivities may go on, but officials want to make sure that they continue safely without spreading COVID-19 unnecessarily. Bars have been closed, pedestrians have been (semi) banned in popular areas of New Orleans, and alcohol sales have been restricted.

All the temporary rules appear to be in an effort to prevent gatherings of people.

Our favorite house floats

The house floats – a new addition to Mardi Gras – may well become a new tradition in New Orleans and people are loving it. Heck, we’re loving it! We wanted to share a few of the phenomenal creations people have put together.

Kraken house

This house float is so stunning and amazing (although a lot of them are) that we had to give it a special shoutout. Look at it! It’s fantastic. The bright colors, the whimsicality, and the partying skeletons would get anyone to stop and stare in awe.

Pretty in pink

This design compliments the already pink house perfectly. The pearls, the flowers, the masked up people waving . . . It’s a sight to behold, that’s for sure.

Dapper dinosaur

This yard has a very handsomely dressed dinosaur in their yard and we’re absolutely living for it . . . though we would very much like to know his name.

Masks

This colorful display also provided walkers with free Mardi Gras themed masks for anyone who might need (or want) one. A thoughtful and fun thing to do when throwing beads likely won’t be happening this year.

Wizard of Oz

This display is a fun and whimsical tribute to the popular movie Wizard of Oz – a perfect choice for a festival that requires vibrancy & color. We think that this display would make Dorothy and Toto proud.

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Which house float is your favorite? Let us know in the comments down below!

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Brynley Louise is an avid watcher of movies & television, everything from action thrillers to the occasional sappy rom com. In her free time she writes, cuddles with kitties, makes YouTube videos, and pretends she knows how to paint.

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