ENEW ORLEANS-INew Orleans Saints yayiyimidlalo emibini nje kude ukuba yenze imbali yeNFL kunyaka wesibini ngokulandelelana, kodwa awuyi kufumana ubuso obude kakhulu kwizitrato zeBig Easy. Kungenxa yokuba isixeko sigcwele ulindelo kunye nemincili yento ebizwa ngokuba "ngowona Mboniso Mkhulu waSimahla eMhlabeni": iMardi Gras. Kusele iiveki ezintathu kuphela phakathi kukaFat ngoLwesibini, ke amalungiselelo okuqhubeka nesiko elineminyaka engama-312 liqhuba kakuhle.
Kuya kuba nzima ukugqithisa inani lokucwangciswa ukuya kwimithendeleko njengoko ngaphezulu kwe-60 parade icwangciselwe ukugqitha eGreater New Orleans kule nyanga izayo, uninzi lwayo luya kusebenza ngaxeshanye. Olu luhlu lusuka kwikota yesiFrentshi ehamba njengabadlali abanjengoPete Fountain odumileyo Half-Fast Walking Club (apho umlingisi uJohn Goodman elilungu) ukuya "kwii-super krewes" ezinje nge-Orpheus, ezidada ngokuhonjiswa zibiza amakhulu amawaka eedola kwaye zithatha iinyanga ukwakha.
Enye into ebalaseleyo kuwo onke amalungiselelo esixeko yiSuperdome, ikhaya labaNgcwele. Iingcango zalo zivaliwe ngenxa yomnyhadala womkhosi ngelixa ifumana ugcino olupheleleyo kulindeleke ukuba kubanjwe iSuperbowl XLVII ngo-2013. Oku kuthetha ukuba iKrewe ye-Endymion, ephethe ibhola yayo yonyaka ye-Extravaganza ngaphakathi kweendonga ezingcwele ezijikeleziweyo, izakuhamba okwethutyana Iziko. Kufunyenwe phakathi kwamalungu e-krewe e-Endymion kulo nyaka iya kuba ngabantu abadumileyo uAnderson Cooper, uKelly Ripa kunye noPat Benatar, abaya kuthi bonke basebenze njengasebukhosini.
Umbhali-mbali kaMardi Gras kunye nombhali wasekuhlaleni uArthur Hardy uthi, “Akukho mntu eNew Orleans ebengayicinga into yokuphinda uphumelele iSuperbowl kunyaka ophelileyo, kodwa sonke sijonge phambili kwixesha lokubeka irekhodi leCarnival.”
