NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Saints sun kasance wasanni biyu ne kawai daga yin tarihin NFL na shekara ta biyu a jere, amma ba za ku sami dogon fuska da yawa a kan tituna na Babban Sauki ba. Wannan saboda birnin yana cike da jira da kuma jin daɗin abin da aka yi wa lakabi da "Babban Nunin Kyauta a Duniya": Mardi Gras. Makwanni uku kacal ya rage tsakanin yanzu da Fat Talata, don haka shirye-shiryen ci gaba da al'adar shekaru 312 suna kan tafiya sosai.
Zai yi wuya a yi la'akari da yawan shirye-shiryen da za a shiga cikin bukukuwan saboda an shirya faretin fiye da 60 a cikin yankin Greater New Orleans a cikin wata mai zuwa, da yawa daga cikinsu za su gudana a lokaci guda. Wadannan kewayo daga ma'aikatan tafiya na Quarter na Faransa kamar Pete Fountain's maras kyau Half-Fast Walking Club (wanda ɗan wasan kwaikwayo John Goodman memba ne) zuwa "super krewes" kamar Orpheus, wanda ƙaƙƙarfan ƙawancen ruwa ya kashe ɗaruruwan dubban daloli kuma ya ɗauki watanni don ginawa.
Wani sanannen bangaranci ga duk shirye-shirye a cikin birni shine Superdome, gidan Waliyai. An rufe kofofinsa don bikin bikin yayin da yake samun cikakkiyar gyaran fuska a cikin tsammanin karbar bakuncin Superbowl XLVII a cikin 2013. Wannan yana nufin cewa Krewe na Endymion, wanda ke riƙe da ball na Extravaganza na shekara-shekara a cikin ganuwar zagaye mai tsarki, za ta motsa su na dan lokaci zuwa Yarjejeniyar Morial. Cibiyar. An samo shi a cikin membobin krewe na Endymion a wannan shekara za su kasance shahararrun mutane Anderson Cooper, Kelly Ripa da Pat Benatar, waɗanda za su yi aiki a matsayin sarauta.
Masanin tarihi na Mardi Gras kuma marubuci na gida Arthur Hardy ya ce, "Babu wani a New Orleans da zai yi tunanin maimaita nasarar Superbowl na bara, amma duk muna sa ido ga lokacin bikin Carnival mai rikodin rikodin."
