<p class="ql-block">Mardi Gras狂欢节由Zulu的游行正式开始！</p> <p class="ql-block">我们站的地方，是新奥尔良电视台WDSU新闻报导的地方，我们有幸能够和电视台的新闻记者合影！</p> <p class="ql-block">1909年初，一个名为“流浪汉”的俱乐部的一群工人去皮蒂安剧院观看了一部音乐喜剧，其中包括一部关于祖鲁部落的名为《There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me》的小品。根据传说，在看到小品后，他们退休到他们的聚会地点（佩尔迪多街1100街区一家餐厅/酒吧后面的一个房间），并以Zulu祖鲁斯的身份出现。正如他们所说，其余的都是历史。然而，祖鲁的历史学家工作人员多年的广泛研究似乎表明，祖鲁的开始比这复杂得多。</p><p class="ql-block">与老年成员的对话和采访表明，过去，该市被划分为病房，每个病房都有自己的团体或“俱乐部”。流浪汉就是这样一个群体。创建祖鲁的团体可能由流浪汉和其他病房团体的成员以及慈善援助协会的成员组成。慈善协会是黑人社区的第一种保险形式。对于少量会费，会员在生病或有葬礼要支付时会获得经济帮助。</p><p class="ql-block">当这些人早在1901年就以狂欢节游行时，他们第一次以祖鲁斯的身份出现在1909年，威廉·斯托里饰演国王。这群人穿着破烂的裤子，在King Story的前面和后面有一个唱禧年的四重奏。他的“拉德罐”皇冠和“香蕉茎”权杖的服装有据可查。早期跟随威廉·斯托尔的国王也穿着类似的服装。</p><p class="ql-block">1915年预示着首次使用花车，花车建在弹簧车上，使用干货箱。花车上装饰着棕榈叶和苔藓，并带着四位公爵和国王。那个卑微的开始产生了我们今天在祖鲁游行中看到的奢华花车。</p><p class="ql-block">今天，祖鲁以椰子扔而闻名——这很可能是所有狂欢节中最令人垂涎的投掷物。Zulu的仪仗队被称为灵魂勇士；他们的角色包括Big Shot、女巫医生、大使、市长、省长、州长和Big Stuff先生。</p><p class="ql-block">最著名的祖鲁国王克雷韦是1949年在位的路易斯·阿姆斯特朗Luis Armstrong。</p> <p class="ql-block">Zulu游行发的最珍贵的东西是手绘的椰子。</p> <p class="ql-block">紧跟着Zulu出场游行的是Rex。Rex凭借他的宏伟传统、丰富多彩的主题、精致的服装和手绘花车，雷克斯是嘉年华之王。</p><p class="ql-block">雷克斯，正式名称为设计学院，举行的游行比任何其他组织都多。它们是许多狂欢节传统的起源，包括紫色、绿色和金色的官方嘉年华颜色，以及收藏的杜布隆硬币（由雷克斯于1960年推出）。</p> <p class="ql-block">With his grand traditions, rich and colorful themes, elaborate costumes and hand-painted floats, Rex is the King of Carnival. </p><p class="ql-block">Rex, officially the School of Design, has held more parades than any other organization. They are the origin of many Mardi Gras traditions, including the official Carnival colors of purple, green and gold, as well as the collectible doubloon coins (introduced by Rex in 1960). The Krewe consists of 600 male riders and parades on the New Orleans Uptown route on Mardi Gras day, immediately after Zulu. </p><p class="ql-block">Founded in 1872, the Krewe of Rex is one of the oldest participating groups in Mardi Gras. They formed in a New Orleans still recovering from the Civil War as a way to entice tourists to visit the city and businesses to put down roots in the community. The city’s businessman originally organized Rex to put on a spectacle for the visiting of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. The krewe’s official song – "If Ever I Cease to Love" – is heard throughout New Orleans in the Mardi Gras season. It is a tune that some would describe as quirky, a song from an 1870’s musical called "Bluebeard." The story goes that the song was adopted because the Grand Duke Alexis had a fondness for the actress who sang the song in the musical which was playing at the time of his visit to New Orleans.</p><p class="ql-block">Every year, one member of the Rex organization is selected to be Rex, the monarch of the krewe for the year. (He’s often called King Rex, but his correct title is just “Rex.”) Rex is always an influential resident involved in a multiple civic causes and philanthropic pursuits. Rex’s identity is kept secret until Lundi Gras, the day before Mardi Gras. Traditionally, the mayor hands Rex a symbolic key to the city.</p> <p class="ql-block">我们有幸能和另一位新奥尔良电视台WDSU的新闻主播合影！</p> <p class="ql-block">看完狂欢节游行之后，特意品尝狂欢节特有的King's Cake。</p> <p class="ql-block">狂欢节之夜，去Fiery Crab海鲜餐馆品尝小龙虾及其它海鲜。</p> <p class="ql-block">晚饭之后，去Bourbon Street看热闹。那里挤得连走路都很难，绝对是儿童不宜的地方。</p> <p class="ql-block">还是赶紧回到Jackson Square清净清净。</p> <p class="ql-block">最后在Cafe Du Monde吃甜饼做宵夜来结束我们的新奥尔良之旅！</p>