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Mardi Gras: local pride or overhyped spectacle?

20. April 2026 Β· New Orleans Β· HANIHO
Mardi Gras lands in New Orleans through the weeks before Ash Wednesday; parades and crowds in the hundreds of thousands, and the event is tied to for generations. Does it still feel like something the place owns emotionally, or has it become mostly spectacle and business? How do locals see it now?
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J
When New Orleans is fully leaning into it, the whole city feels different. That part is hard to fake.
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J
I get the appeal, but once prices explode and every corner turns into content farming, I check out fast.
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