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By most accounts, Mardi Gras is back to pre-pandemic normalcy this year. But it's not business as usual for some New Orleans shops.
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As parades pick up, we polled our newsroom staff on their best advice for navigating the alternate universe that is New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
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Parade throws during Mardi Gras come in all shapes and sizes. Most of them are beads and other cheap plastic toys that excite first-time parade goers. But a true Carnival veteran knows what makes a good throw: they’re homemade and unique to krewes, such as shoes or coconuts, that end up resting on home mantles of the reveler lucky enough to catch one in a sea of people.
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Bill comes two years after two people were killed in New Orleans float accidents
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New Orleans is in full celebration mode with Mardi Gras just days away, but where does COVID fit into the equation? The city’s health director has answers.
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Organizers and attendees continue to push towards an environmentally friendly in person Mardi Gras season
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Mardi Gras parades are back for the first time since 2020, and with parades in the streets of New Orleans come changes to traffic, public transit and pedestrian routes.
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Due to hospitalization rates that continue to climb and overwhelm the healthcare system, the indoor mask mandate is back in place for New Orleans starting Wednesday, according to officials.
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Mardi Gras celebrations are coming back to life in 2022, starting with a streetcar parade from the Phunny Phorty Phellows.
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Mardi Gras parades in 2022 would not be moved from their original route or traditional day — the routes will just be slightly tweaked, officials announced during a press conference.