ʻO Mardi Gras ka hopena hope loa o ka hoʻoilo. ʻO ka lā hope loa ia o Carnival, he hua'ōlelo i loaʻa mai i "Carnevale,"ʻo ia hoʻi ka inoa o "meat beeb." Ma Mardi Gras,ʻai nā mea hoʻoweliweli i ka meaʻai, inu, a nui aku i ka Lent, nā lā 46 a me nā pō o ka austerity i mua o ka Pasa. ʻO ka lā ma hope o Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)ʻo iaʻo'Anakolu.
ʻO ka wahi kaulana loa e hoʻokipa ai i ka Mardi Gras maʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia, aia i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo New Orleans . Akā,ʻaʻoleʻo ia wale nō kahi e hele ai no kahi aniani manawa. Uaʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka moʻomeheu Mardi Gras maʻAmelika kahi i noho ai ka poʻe Farani a me ka hapalā Katolika. ʻO ka kaulana o ka New Orleans 'Mardi Gras pāʻani pāʻani ka mea iʻikeʻia he nui nā kūlanakauhale nui a me nā kaiāulu ma waena o ka US. Hoʻomanaʻo nei i ka Mardi Gras ma keʻano he ala e hiki ai i nā lā hope loa o ka hoʻoilo a ke kali nei i ka puna.
Ma kahi o kahi e koho aiʻoe iā Mardi Gras, hiki iāʻoe keʻai i ka meaʻai maʻamau a Cajun,ʻike i nā helehelena nui, nānā i nā lole nani, a hoʻolohe i ka mele lobe no ka hoʻokipaʻana i ka hopena o ka hoʻoilo.
01 o 09
ʻO New Orleans, Louisiana
Jonathan D. Goforth / Getty Images ʻO New Orleans kekahiʻano like me Mardi Gras . I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hiki i nā haneli haneli o nā malihini ke hele aku i New Orleans e nānā i nā pāʻani Mardi Gras, e noho i loko o ka meaʻai Cajun, hoʻolohe i nā mele, a moe i ka hale o Crescent City.
ʻO ka papa Mardi Gras hoʻomaka e hoʻomaka iʻelua pule ma mua o Mardi Gras a hoʻomau nāʻaoʻao i kēlā mau puleʻelua. Ināʻoe e hoʻolālā ana i kahi huakaʻi hele i New Orleans, e hoʻolālā i kou lā hope loa aiʻole ia i ka lua o ka lā hope e noho ai ma Mardi Gras i hiki iāʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā pāʻina ma mua. Aia nā pāʻani a me nā poʻe no nāʻano malihini a pau, no laila e nānā i kēia mau alakaʻi a hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi e like me ia.
02 o 09
Lafayette, Louisiana
ʻO Richard Cummins / Getty Images Nui nā kūlanakauhale'ē aʻe ma Louisiana e hana i kā Mardi Gras pono'ī. ʻOʻelua o nā mea nui loaʻo Lafayette a me Lake Charles.
Ma Lafayette, hoʻomaka nā hanana iʻelua hebedoma i mua o Mardi Gras. ʻO ka lā o Mardi Gras ua piha i nā papa he 12 i loko o ke kūlanakauhale i nā manawa likeʻole. ʻO Lafayette kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Louisiana a me kā lākou hoʻolauleʻa Mardi Gras pono i ka huakaʻi.
03 o 09
ʻO Charles Charles, Louisiana
Doug Wilson / Getty Images Ma Lake Charles, hoʻomaka nā hanana i ka malamaʻo Ianuali me ka HōluanaʻAnaʻo Nuuanu, kahi hanana e hōʻike ana i nāʻaʻahu nani. Hoʻomauʻia nāʻaoʻao a me nā hoʻopauʻana a hiki i ka lā kakahiaka nui. ʻO hoʻokahi o nā hanana iʻikeʻia he World Caamous Extravaganza a me Gumbo Cook Off, kahi hiki iāʻoe ke hele eʻike i nā meaʻono a Mardi Gras. ʻO ka lā o nā keiki kahi hanaʻo Lake Charles i kahi e hiki ai i nā keiki ke hana i nā hana hana a me nā hana akamai a aʻo e pili ana i ka moolelo o Mardi Gras.
04 o 09
Mobile, Alabama
Buyenlarge / Getty Images ʻO Mardi Gras ma Mobile,ʻO Alabama kahi mele hoʻohanohano kahiko loa-ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka New Orleans. ʻO ka hui kaulana mua o Mardi Gras maʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia i hanaʻia ma ke kai kūʻonoʻo Alabama ma 1703.
Nui nā hanana a me nā hanana i Mobile e alakaʻi ana i Mardi Gras. Hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻolālā iʻelua pule ma mua o ka lā Mardi Gras a ke piha mau nā alanui i nā hui hele, nā hula, a me nā mea hana o nāʻano a pau. ʻO Mozart kekahi pūnaewele Carnival i hoʻolaʻaʻia no ko lākou moʻolelo.
05 o 09
ʻO Galveston, Texas
ʻO Texas kahi wahiʻoluʻolu e hoʻokipa ai i ka momona o ka Poalua. ʻO Galveston, Texas kekahi o nā hanana kaulana loa ma ka'āina, hoʻopiha me nā mea holo, nā meaʻai, a me nā mele.
ʻO Galveston ke mele kaulana loa o Mardi Gras ma Texas, aia kekahi mau pale me nā hui ma Dallas a me nā kūlanakauhale nui'ē aʻe o ka moku'āina. ʻO kahi'ē aʻe o Texas e nānā aiʻo Port Arthur, ka mea i hoʻolako i ka Mardi Gras aloha pilina mai ka makahiki 1990.
06 o 09
St. Louis, Missouri
'Ōlelo akuʻo St. Louis i kaʻoi aku o kaʻoihana nui Mardi Gras ma waho o New Orleans. ʻO Soulard kahiʻelima Mardi Gras kaulana loaʻo St. Louis, akā he nui nā mau pōlele a me nā pale'ē aʻe e hanaʻia ma St. Louis a hiki i ka manawa Mardi Gras.
Ke kau neiʻo St. Louis ma luna o kaʻainaʻo New Orleans i hāʻawiʻia i ka manawaʻo Mardi Gras. Nui nā halekai i makemake nuiʻia kahi hiki iāʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i kēiaʻano kūikawā. Inā heleʻoe me nā keiki, e nānā i ka hauʻoli ma ka St. Louis Zoo. ʻAʻole noa ka hoʻokomoʻana a hiki i nā keiki ke hana i nā makuka, hoʻolohe i nā mele, a komo i loko o kahi pāʻani kūikawā.
07 o 09
Orlando, Florida
ʻO kahi koho no kahi e hoʻokipa ai i ka Mardi Gras ma Floridaʻo Orlando. ʻO kekahi o nā poʻe Mardi Gras kaulana loa i ka'āina e hoʻolaunaʻia e Universal Studios. Hoʻopauʻo Mardi Gras iā Uni no nā hola he 50, a he pāʻani me nā mea hoʻokani pila i kēlā me kēia pō. I nā pō kūikawā, nā luna poʻokela o ka pae kiʻekiʻe no nā mele nui Mardi Gras.
08 o 09
Pensacola, Florida
Kevin Elvis King / Getty Images ʻO kekahi koho'ē aʻe no kaʻahaʻainaʻana ma Florida ke kū nei ma Pensacola. Hoʻokumuʻo Pensacola iʻelua mau hiʻohiʻona nani no Mardi Gras, hoʻokahi i ka pō me nā mea lele e hoʻomālamalama ana a hoʻokahi i ka lā e hōʻike ana i nāʻaʻahu kūikawā a keu aku.
09 o 09
San Diego, Kaleponi
ʻO kekahi wahi kaulanaʻo Mardi Grasʻo San Diego, Kaleponi. Hāʻawiʻo San Diego i ka hoʻolauleʻa nui loa o Mardi Gras ma ke Komohana Komohana. He koho nui loaʻo San Diego ināʻoʻoe ma ke Komohana Komohana aʻaʻole e nānā e hele i kahi lōʻihi'ē aʻe no Mardi Gras.
ʻO ka Gaslamp Quarterʻo San Diego kahi home nui loa a me ka hoʻohanohano. Hoʻokumu kēia'ōpili i nā'auwaʻa, nā mele, a me nā tono o ka ike.