The Mardi Gras party continues in New Orleans with parades from the “Yardi Gras” porch

New Orleans – Giving up has never been in the DNA of New Orleans, therefore the cancellation of the Mardi Gras parades due to the pandemic did not end an old tradition, a new one began: Yardi Gras.

It is a parade where the spectators are the ones moving and the houses are decorated with decorations. “Whenever he grows up, I want to look back and show him how Mardi Gras was in quarantine,” said Alyssa Hicks, a mother.

Yardi Gras started out as a joke on social media. Megan Boudreaux tweeted that without parades she would turn her house into a float. Now, some 3,000 New Orleans homes are part of a parade of motionless porches.

“I’m definitely overwhelmed by the way the response has been,” Boudreaux said.

On First Street, it’s like Shark Week: they got their teeth into it. Down the street, residents honor one of the local favorites, the donut Cafe Du Monde.

“New Orleans is going to have a good time, whatever happens,” one resident said.

To help the community, some homeowners hired unemployed artists or rented accessories from struggling floating businesses. Some residents expect the decorated houses to become a tradition.

From wild to whimsical, the stationary parade has brought neighbors together, turning Mardi Gras into a literal house party and finding a way to let the good times roll.