No ka manawa mua ma hope o 1979, ke kulanakauhale o New Orleans e hoʻopau i kāna kaulana honua ʻO Mardi Gras parades i ka 2021, ma muli o ka maʻi ahulau coronavirus.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Meia ʻo New Orleans ʻo LaToya Cantrell ua hoʻopau ʻia nā mākana a pau ma ka hoʻolauleʻa 2021 Mardi Gras e hiki mai ana i Pepeluali
"ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā parade o kēlā me kēia ʻano i kēia makahiki no ka mea ua hōʻoia ʻia nā ʻaha nui he super-spreader hanana o ka maʻi ʻo COVID-19," i kākau ai ʻo Cantrell ma ka pūnaewele o ke kūlanakauhale.
Akā, me nā parade i kāpae ʻia, ʻo New Orleans ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻopakele i kāna hanana makahiki nui loa a ʻaʻole e kapa ʻia ua "hoʻopau ʻia."
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi leka i kau ʻia ma ka Pōʻalua ma ka moʻokāki Twitter o ke kūlanakauhale i kahi kiʻi me ka huaʻōlelo, "ʻokoʻa ʻo Mardi Gras, ʻaʻole i kāpae ʻia."
"Me COVID-19 e hohola nei, pono mākou e hoʻololi i ke kau karnival no laila palekana ia no kēlā me kēia," wahi a ke kūlanakauhale.
Maopopo ʻole pehea e pāʻani ai ʻo Mardi Gras me ka ʻole o kāna kiko waena: nā parona momona o ka Pōʻalua momona e hoʻohihi ana i kahi 1.4 miliona mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Mālama mau ʻia nā kakini he nui ma ka parish Orleans wale nō, me nā kaʻina karnival i mālama ʻia i nā lā e piʻi ana i Mardi Gras, i hāʻule ma Pepeluali 16 i kēia makahiki.
Ua hoʻopau wale ʻo New Orleans i nā parada i ka wā o ke Kaua Kivila, ka haunaele kūloko ma 1875, ke Kaua Honua Honua, ke Kaua Honua II a me ka hana a ka mākaʻi 1979.
ʻAe ʻia nā hui kaiaulu, kapa ʻia ʻo Krewes, e hoʻokipa i kā lākou mau pōpō Mardi Gras, akā e koi ʻia lākou e pili pono i nā ʻōkuhi kaiāulu, a he mau kono wale nō nā hanana, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole hiki i nā lālā o ka lehulehu ke hele, e like me i ka pūnaewele pūnaewele o ke kūlanakauhale. Hoʻohui pū ʻo Krewes e kūkulu i nā lana lana.
E wehe ʻia nā alanui hoʻokipa ʻo Bourbon Street a me Frenchman Street ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo French Quarter, akā e kaohi ʻia ka pāʻina e nā kapu ʻo Covid-19, e like me nā palena o ka hale ʻaina a me ka pā, nā palena i nā hola ʻoihana, ka pale ʻana i ka pale maka a me ka ʻeono kapuaʻi distancing koi. E hoʻokau ʻia nā ʻaoʻao like i ka hale.
