Celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans | National Geographic

There's more to Mardi Gras in New Orleans than just one day or just one parade. Visit behind the scenes as preparations begin days, weeks and even months in advance of the big celebrations.
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[@lawjoseph2701]

Born and Raised here love it

[@Haloitzchris]

That is the cleanest trumpet I've ever seen even on video sheeeesh

[@poppyyukia]

Happiness is not a waste of resources. I would love to go and see this tradition in real life.

[@michelleesworldd1928]

ME TOO!!!

[@bean_master6962]

It's so worth it, it's not even in just new Orleans, I'm from northwest FL and they have mardi gras parades

[@beethree249]

New Orleans just different from the whole world

[@raydarcarter6721]

Ain’t that just the truth

[@xodonnajenay1605]

nah, benin republic pretty similar.

[@victormatavercosa]

An American Version of São Luís/Salvador de Bahia.

[@mr-crysti37]

@@raydarcarter6721 Bruh we partying even before Mardi Gras

[@3xoticG4m3r]

Ever been to cologne on Fasching?

[@valmarsiglia]

No, the baby doesn't mean you buy next *year's* king cake! You buy the next king cake, which could be the next day or whenever the next get-together is. You don't just eat one king cake during Carnival season. You never eat just one anything in New Orleans!

[@starriderkittykat9064]

It can also mean your the King Or Queen that day..Chalmette.

[@user-jn9ot4er9r]

Фй¹
77ш

[@novagaming9198]

@@starriderkittykat9064 same here

[@BrazenBrits]

We went for Mardi Gras this year ! It was insane but glad we did it!

[@aaronconnect8490]

Happy Mardi Gras! 😘😍❤️♥️👍🤩

[@cheyennelanae777]

I love New Orleans period. ❤

[@yaboyjack6408]

Pickle el bunfred

[@hollybuckle9608]

who has to watch this for school?

[@ashantisuni]

🙋🏽‍♀️

[@joka264]

I'm watching it for high school French class for some reason

[@CroatianDude]

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[@jellybeanthelizard8143]

😐🖐

[@inlovewithakillerjeffery]

I would love to get on the those giant Mardi gras parade floats

[@henrywindsorrurikovich5203]

Happy Mardi gras New Orleans ♥️

[@Largepro21]

Im from LA and shout out to New Orleans i respect the culture .

[@TheWzeOwl]

Legend of the Black and Gold Coconut got mine form the Witch Doctor himself in 1977 on Bourbon Street itself. ❤❤

[@kaylabahri2923]

Why doesn't National Geographic do a new Documentary on Traveling to New Orleans instead of 5 minutes.

[@teinvitoamicocina6036]

Thanks for sharing

[@carolynwilliams8774]

Night Mardi Gras Parades Are insane

[@guacamolezzz388]

Carolyn Williams Ikr. I'm a local in New Orleans and going to night parades is a pain😂

[@sethmouton3827]

Yes especially Krewe of Proteus/ Orpheus

[@True75]

🙅‍♂️🧢

[@MobileMardiGras]

Happy Mardi Gras!!!

[@jackthefrog80085]

Looks like the carnaval from Pernambuco Brazil, and Cajun music really sounds like pernambucan music

[@rin_xrin]

Tremendoooooooo

[@cswrawr]

More than $3000.... And she's using hot glue.

[@el_guerra6336]

Hi

[@white_clover767]

I was about to type the exact same thing

[@kayla77632]

Let's just hope that that dress was one of the fairly priced ones.

[@nanathedog8993]

That's what I thought!

[@botttmdfoor5982]

XDD

[@demisanchez73]

i love youer videos ps demi

[@natureview3692]

Wow. Whar a traditional festival

[@jellybeanthelizard8143]

What we do is make a NEW New Years resolution at lent and then eat pancakes till we are dead and give up the resolutions in a week start up again and fail and don’t go back simple enough

[@arcanekerb4326]

wow!

[@JohnHowell-xg9uk]

Great video! The Pete Fountain shot at 5:07 was especially welcome.

[@BlueLou974]

Ahah a very special side of New Orleans' Mardi Gras! You'd better take a look at HBO' Treme. Much mo' fonky, more real and versatile, yes indeeeed....

[@haydenc7466]

Don't stay for one day?well in 3 months I'm moving there cause of my fathers work,does that count LOL I can't wait for Mardi Gras next year!

[@bigzeeffrocks]

Living in New Orleans, Parades get old after a while. But shoutout to NOLA for the King Cakes. Proud be a Orleans Native

[@guacamolezzz388]

Mark P I'm a native too and know exactly how you feel. I mostly go to Nyx, Muses, and Iris.

[@laurieclark4581]

GUACAMOLE zzz I live in the mississippi right outside of new Orleans

[@jsal0160]

I live is the way south hombres

[@tryruzzy5103]

Sehr gute video

[@jsalterxpress.2480]

I love my Louisiana!

[@nadiashireensiddiqi]

Yummy mardi gras king cakes

[@aurorablanket]

At Mexico we have our own version of king cake, the rosca de reyes.

[@joanaisabelcolltruyol3090]

I would like to see it in our spanish TV.

[@maserati925]

The point of Mardi Gras is to enjoy the foods and frivolity before lent begins. It came from the Catholic populations. CARNEvale is Roman for to do without meat consumption.

[@ashima_22]

Beautiful tradition..love it

[@mohitbachani2644]

I'm here because of James Patterson's book 'The chef'.

[@rachaelreed1658]

Next year’s king cake 😂😂😂 try next weekend’s

[@luisfernandezhernandez5551]

Estoy aqui por el teacher Galo

[@derekhaywood3047]

Our city different we party we party we party NOLA is a different breed

[@judithvaliente150]

Is very beutiful

[@JeremyFragranceFan]

why am i watching this for french class

[@ramandhindsa7616]

Nice costumes.

[@ericlucas2197]

I like it

[@mshafqat76]

I'm living in the wrong state:/

[@liracolins5780]

i love carnival masks @t

[@rafyolivo5319]

I love NOLA!

[@shannon9677]

I've never eaten king cake.

[@ek0221]

Wasn't Mardi Gras started in mobile Alabama but sky rocketed in New Orleans

[@afcw1969]

Mardi Gras came from Europe.

[@andreadickey7049]

Yes, Mardi Gras came from Europe but was brought over and started in Mobile, AL by Joe Cain in America.

[@afcw1969]

Andrea Dickey I enjoyed Mardi Gras in Portugal

[@sethmouton3827]

It's America origins was in Mobile. New Orleans threw the first street parade

[@juliusnicholson1509]

It was started in Mobile, Alabama in North America.
"Mobile, founded by Bienville in 1702, is known for having the oldest organized Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States, beginning in 1703. It was also host to the first formally organized Mardi Gras parade in the United States in 1830."

[@derknecht4262]

DerKnecht war hier

[@susiamogusi8846]

Zajebiste

[@iklvsxsx819]

ESTOY VIENDO ESTO PARA UN THATQUIZ DE INGLES

[@TikiTiffany]

Happy Mardi Gras! New Jambalaya recipe just posted to my channel :)

[@lalomunozcastillo7883]

Es una tradicion de los sacerdotes que trajeron de españa y en america le agregaron el muñequito y en mexico se celebra el 6 de enero.

[@TheOzzyMartin1]

Lalo Muñoz castillo bueno en este caso viene de la tradición francesa. y se ve en que los carnavales en texas son basados en la tradición de nueva orleans y no al estilo mexicano (obvio no incluyendo inmigrantes mexicanos)

[@wrathofme03]

aw you said please.

[@xZozokillx]

i need to do this for my school because thre is the coronavirus --_--

[@vxlxrxa1408]

zozokill haha same here

[@SAWfanatic789]

Man I missed it this year :( maybe next year though

[@Milokissavlk]

“ whoever gets the baby will have to buy the king cake next year”, baby, you know that is a lie. It’s not next year it’s next week or whenever that thing is finished.

[@selahjackson4615]

Wayne Phillips
And Take Month And More Irave And Leg 🦵🍗 and Table 🙂🥰😘

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[@emilielayman8925]

How does this sound AI before AI?

[@itsajeymerson4004]

2015

[@Ludzki_miUd141]

pozdro 6A :)

[@mauricioaguilera8115]

pueden decirlo en español

[@melinabrackens6593]

This gave me inaight

[@Artbug]

Your comment gave me ligma

[@AuthorityQuestion]

The sink whole in LA is being kept too quiet.

[@jonaszwaleska4547]

jest ktoś z polski?

[@SongerMallillin-vz8cn]

Bacolod City Philippines has imitatated the mask festival. They claim to have started it 😅

[@danopus2070]

Mark 7:13KJV
EXODUS 20:3-5KJV

[@angelacooper8973]

The American Carnival

[@zurism1209]

jadno

[@kp9894]

I am curious....What is the Mardi Gras all about? ( I’m Filipino btw, so I don’t know much about these American cultures :/ )

[@masonthegamer1372]

OK to sum it up its about celebrating our culture and heritage.

[@patchcs]

roll tide.

[@SeventhSaucer]

So much hostility directed at people just having fun. And Americans wonder why they are miserable.

[@rodon.]

GUNPATI BABA MORIYA

[@mongojrttv]

Going to Mardi Gras is kinda like going to the zoo. Once you seen it it's a been there done that kind of thing. People like to get wild and drunk.

[@rampartrod]

where the books

[@anivar8]

Ha

[@MrMrDGK]

But why?

[@True75]

Cut its fun

[@shhhmint6242]

I'd rather pass ..

[@margaretschmidt8746]

This is the whitest coverage of Mardi Gras I've ever seen!

[@precisionbay6899]

Blasphemy

[@da_real_deal]

What's the point of it though I don't understand it's pointless

[@rachaelreed1658]

So is any party or holiday? It’s originally religious. If you actually care to find out, you’re not going to get enough information from a 5 minute video.

[@Scot]

Boring lmao have to watch it 4 french class

[@SirJohnnyballs]

Cringe

[@debramiller1503]

Big kkk vibes

[@LINX29X92]

Freaks

[@DBRONCOSFORLIFE]

Boring

[@jamesnyugien8767]

Your boring. A++h0le

[@susiamogusi8846]

Zajebiste