Parades will be prohibited at New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebration in 2021 to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office said Tuesday.
Typically marked by parades and parties, the holiday is the Louisiana city’s biggest tourism draw.
“Mardi Gras … [is] a season of traditions that we celebrate every year, a time that the community comes together in formal, fun, and often unexpected ways,” the mayor’s office said in a statement. “With COVID-19 cases increasing around the country, we will have to modify how to observe [Carnival] season. … We are surrounded by hot spots and we don’t know what the future holds in store for us.”
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