NEW ORLEANS – He ʻelua pāʻani wale nō ka poʻe haipule o New Orleans mai ka hana ʻana i ka moʻolelo NFL no ka lua o ka makahiki ma ka lālani, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā helehelena lōʻihi loa ma nā alanui o ka Big Easy. ʻO ia no ka mea ua piha ke kūlanakauhale i ka manaʻo a me ka hauʻoli no ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Greatest Free Show on Earth": Mardi Gras. ʻEkolu wale nō pule i koe ma waena o kēia manawa a me Fat Tuesday, no laila ke hoʻomaka maikaʻi nei nā hoʻomākaukau no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka moʻomeheu 312 makahiki.
He mea paʻakikī ke hoʻonui i ka nui o ka hoʻolālā e hele ai i ka ʻahaʻaina no ka mea ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 mau parade i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e holo ma ka ʻāina ʻo Greater New Orleans i ka mahina e hiki mai ana, e holo ana ka nui o ia mau mea i ka manawa like. ʻO kēia mau mea mai nā hui holo wāwae ʻo French Quarter e like me ka Half-Fast Walking Club kaulana ʻo Pete Fountain (ʻo ia ka mea keaka ʻo John Goodman he lālā) a hiki i nā "super krewes" e like me Orpheus, nona nā lana i hoʻonani ʻia he mau haneli haneli mau kālā a he mau mahina ke kūkulu ʻia.
ʻO kahi ʻokoʻa kaulana i nā hoʻomākaukau āpau ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo ia ka Superdome, home o ka poʻe haipule. Ua pani ʻia kona mau puka no ka carnival a loaʻa iā ia ka hoʻololi piha ʻana i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka Superbowl XLVII i ka makahiki 2013. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ka Krewe o Endymion, ka mea e paʻa ana i kāna pōleʻa Extravaganza makahiki i loko o nā paia poepoe hoʻāno, e neʻe i ko lākou wāwae i ka Morial Convention. Ke kikowaena. Loaʻa ma waena o nā lālā krewe o Endymion i kēia makahiki ʻo Anderson Cooper, ʻo Kelly Ripa a me Pat Benatar, ʻo lākou a pau e lilo i aliʻi.
Wahi a ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Mardi Gras a me ka mea kākau kūloko ʻo Arthur Hardy, "ʻAʻohe mea ma New Orleans i manaʻo e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka lanakila Superbowl o ka makahiki i hala, akā ke kakali nei mākou āpau i kahi kau Carnival hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo."
