In New Orleans, known for its French Quarter, Bourbon Street, Creole cuisine, and cool Dixieland jazz, there's an event that encompasses all of these: Mardi Gras! The 2025 carnival season will be a time of revelry and romance, madness and music, parades and balls, street comedy costumes, and grand private masked balls. Mardi Gras represents a time when all things grand and magnificent come together for an all-encompassing explosion. 

 New Orleans Mardi Gras features everything from the noble to the comical! In the 12 days leading up to Mardi Gras, over 60 parades, hundreds of private parties, balls, and masked balls are held annually in the metro area. It is a legal holiday in New Orleans, where half the city dresses up to watch the other half parade! The unique custom that makes Mardi Gras most distinctive is the "throws"—small items tossed from floats—which turns New Orleans parades into an unparalleled, participatory event. Over a million people line the parade routes, shouting, "Throw me something, mister!" Among the millions of throws, the most popular are items with krewe logos and parade themes, including plastic drinking cups, medallion necklaces, and colorful aluminum coins called doubloons. 

 In the lead-up to Mardi Gras, New Orleans stores sell a variety of carnival costumes, whether glamorous, vintage, or extravagant, and people prepare their festival attire in advance, vying to be the most dazzling on the street! Dazzled by the colorful displays, choosing the official carnival colors of purple, green, and gold is a sure bet, with purple representing justice, green representing faith, and gold representing power. This March, come to New Orleans to fully immerse yourself in the carnival spirit!

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The French Quarter in New Orleans is also a large area. There are many things to visit here. There are also some very interesting small designs in the French Quarter, with things of different specifications designed according to the layout here. I really like the appearance here.

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Jackson Square is also a rather distinctive building. The area around here is not very prosperous. There are fewer people at night, and there are not many tour groups. There is a statue erected in the center of the square, but the specific history of the person is not very clear.

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