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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Just because the Mardi Gras parades are canceled, it hasn't stopped people's creativity. The "Little Shop of 2020 Horrors" house float is in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans.
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    In A Year Without Parades, Mardi Gras In New Orleans Is All About House Floats

    Feb 16, 2021
    New Orleans officials canceled all the Mardi Gras parades this year. But that didn't stop some residents from getting into the spirit anyway. They decorated their houses for drive-through parades.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    Bourbon Street is a sea of humanity on Mardi Gras in New Orleans in February. The city will not allow Mardi Gras parades in 2021.
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    New Orleans Mayor Cancels Mardi Gras Parades In 2021

    Nov 17, 2020
    "With COVID-19 cases increasing around the country, we will have to modify how to observe [Carnival] season," the mayor said. She's asking for alternative ideas from the public.
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    Krewe Du Kanaval Honors The Haitian Roots Of New Orleans

    Feb 12, 2020
    A few years ago, a new Mardi Gras krewe sprung up with the aim of celebrating the Haitian roots that run deep through the city's cultural identity. It was co-founded by two members of Arcade Fire.
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    National
    Members of the Aerial Space Squad sub-krewe perform acrobatics above the crowd on a pole and hoops.
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    All Nerddoms Welcome: The Intergalactic Krewe Of Chewbacchus Parades In New Orleans

    Feb 02, 2020
    In New Orleans, arguably the most far-out pre-Mardi Gras parade is staged by the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus: home to "revelrous Star Wars freaks, Trekkies, Whovians... and all super-nerds."
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    National
    New Orleans resident Annie Gibson parades dressed as Frida Kahlo with Krewe de Mayahuel, a Mardi Gras krewe organized by the Mexican immigrant population in the city.
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    For Mardi Gras, A Parade Celebrates Mexican Immigrants In New Orleans

    Mar 04, 2019
    New Orleans krewes stage parades through the city in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras. This year, a krewe formed by Mexican immigrants, Krewe de Mayahuel, showcased Mexican history and art.
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    The Salt
    Madonna Broussard papered her soda machine with a recent article featuring Anthony Bourdain in the parking lot of her restaurant, Laura's II in Lafayette, La. Bourdain featured Broussard and her turkey wings in one of the last episodes of <em>Parts Unkno
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    Anthony Bourdain's Legacy Shines On In Cajun Country

    Jun 28, 2018
    Although he traveled the world over, the chef and TV host kept coming back to explore Cajun food culture in Louisiana in a thoughtful way. And he made life-changing impressions on some of its people.
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    National
    A 'gutter buddy' blocks Mardi Gras detritus from a storm drain opening near the parade route in New Orleans.
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    New Orleans Hopes 'Gutter Buddies' Will Keep Mardi Gras Beads Out Of Storm Drains

    Feb 12, 2018
    Last month, city officials announced they had pulled 93,000 pounds of old beads out of catch basins along the parade route. So the city created a new system of bead-blockers to keep the drains clear.
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    Code Switch
    Members of the Seminole Warriors Mardi Gras Indians perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, April 22, 2016.
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    The Mardi Gras Indian Of 'Lemonade'

    Apr 27, 2016
    In "Lemonade," Beyoncé's much-discussed visual album, a girl resplendent in white plumage appears. It's a nod to the pop star's New Orleans roots and loaded with the region's racial history.
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    Around the Nation
    Mardi Gras Spectators in Mobile, Ala., in 2010.
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    For Mardi Gras, Les Bon Temps Rouler In Mobile, Ala., Too

    Feb 08, 2016
    Most people think of New Orleans on Mardi Gras. But the pre-Lenten celebration has roots in another Gulf Coast city. Mobile, Ala., proudly bills itself as the "mother of mystics."
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    The Salt
    If you prefer your cakes a little less garish, you can get French-style <em>galette des rois</em> around New Orleans, too. Instead of a plastic baby, the bakers at La Boulangerie like to put a pig figurine inside.
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    New Orleans: A City In The Grip Of King Cake Madness

    Feb 02, 2016
    Carnival is a monthlong season in New Orleans, when the colorful brioche cakes dominate the diet and culture. King cakes fuel workplace rituals, inspire contests and drive a collective obsession.
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    The Salt
    (Left) Eleanor Betler's rosettes are made from her grandmother's recipe. (Right) Eleanor Betler
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    Swiss Village + West Virginia + Mardi Gras Feast = Fasnacht

    Feb 17, 2015
    Isolated in the West Virginia wilderness, the tiny town of Helvetia clings to its distinctly Swiss character and foodways. It all culminates with a pre-Lenten festival where food takes center stage.
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    The Salt
    <em>Semlor</em> served at FIKA in New York City. "The interest [in <em>semlor]</em> is huge," says Lena Khoury, the Swedish cafe chain's director of strategy and communications.
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    Fat Tuesday Nordic-Style Means Big, Sweet Buns

    Feb 17, 2015
    Few of the rollicking traditions of Catholic Mardi Gras remain in heavily Lutheran Scandinavia. But the Nordic countries and their culinary outposts in the U.S. still celebrate with the yeasty treats.
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    The Salt
    The annual <em>Courir de Mardi Gras</em> in Mamou, La., in February 2008. In the Cajun country tradition, revelers go house to house, collecting ingredients for gumbo from local families. Here, the host tosses a live chicken from a rooftop for the partic
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    Forget Beads: Cajun Mardi Gras Means A Grand, Drunken Chicken Chase

    Feb 11, 2015
    Courir de Mardi Gras is an old tradition in rural Louisiana. From early morning on, costumed revelers go house to house, drinking, singing and collecting ingredients for a big ole pot of gumbo.
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    Around the Nation
    New Orleans police officer Patrick Schneider patrols Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter on Saturday.
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    French Quarter Sees Violent Crime Surge; Residents Demand Changes

    Jan 20, 2015
    The neighborhood popular with tourists is no longer an exception to New Orleans' stubborn crime rate. A recent run of robberies has residents criticizing city leaders and calling for more protection.
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