Ngokokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1979, idolobha laseNew Orleans lizokhansela elidume umhlaba wonke Mardi Gras imibhoshongo ngo-2021, ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus.
IMeya yaseNew Orleans uLaToya Cantrell umemezele ukuthi wonke amashifishi omgubho wama-2021 weMardi Gras ozokuba ngoFebhuwari ususiwe.
"Umbukiso wanoma yiluphi uhlobo ngeke uvunyelwe kulo nyaka ngoba imibuthano emikhulu ikhombise ukuthi iyimicimbi esabalalisa kakhulu igciwane le-COVID-19," kubhala uCantrell kuwebhusayithi yedolobha.
Kepha, yize imigwaqo ikhanseliwe, iNew Orleans izama ukuhlenga umcimbi wayo omkhulu waminyaka yonke futhi ngeke iwubize ngokuthi “ukhanseliwe.”
Umlayezo othunyelwe ngoLwesibili ku-akhawunti yedolobha iTwitter ukhombise umfanekiso onesiqubulo esithi, “IMardi Gras yehlukile, ayikhanseliwe.”
"Njengoba i-COVID-19 isakazeka, sidinga ukuguqula isizini yomkhosi ukuze iphephe kuwo wonke umuntu," kusho idolobha.
Akukacaci ukuthi iMardi Gras izodlala kanjani ngaphandle kwesiqeshana sayo: imidwebo eyisikhumbuzo yamaFat ngoLwesibili eheha izivakashi ezilinganiselwa ezigidini eziyi-1.4 minyaka yonke.
Imibhikisho eminingi ivame ukubanjelwa e-Orleans Parish iyodwa, kufaka phakathi udwendwe lomkhosi olwenziwe ezinsukwini eziholela eMardi Gras, ewela ngoFebhuwari 16 kulo nyaka.
ENew Orleans phambilini bekukhanselwe imibhoshongo kuphela phakathi neMpi Yombango, izimpi zombango ngo-1875, iMpi Yezwe I, iMpi Yezwe II kanye nesiteleka samaphoyisa sango-1979.
Amaqembu ezenhlalo, abizwa ngokuthi amaKrewes, asazovunyelwa ukusingatha amabhola abo eMardi Gras, kepha kuzodingeka ukuthi alandele izinkombandlela zokuqedwa kwezenhlalo, futhi imicimbi izoba isimemo kuphela, okusho ukuthi amalungu omphakathi awakwazi ukuya, ngokusho kuwebhusayithi yedolobha. AmaKrewes ajwayele ukuhlangana ndawonye ukwakha ukugeleza kombukiso.
Izifunda zokuzijabulisa zeBourbon Street neFrenchman Street eFrance Quarter yedolobha zizovulwa, kepha ukuhlanganyela kuzovinjelwa yimikhawulo yeCovid-19, kufaka phakathi imingcele yokudlela nendawo yamabha, ukulinganiselwa emahoreni ebhizinisi, ukugqokwa kwemaski okugunyaziwe nonyawo oluyisithupha imfuneko yokuhlanekezela. Amaphathi endlu azoba ngaphansi kwemikhawulo efanayo.
