Mardi Gras (Yardi Gras) 2021 | A Year of Innovation for Carnival in New Orleans

In this video, New Orleans tour guide, Andrew, takes you on a tour throughout much of the city to explain to you some of the traditions of New Orleans Mardis Gras celebrated here, both in the past and particularly for 2021. FULL NOLA PLAYLIST    • New Orleans Virtual Tours   Your tour begins on St. Charles Ave. before heading to the French Quarter. You will then get a tour inside of Mardi Gras World before heading over to Armstrong Park to learn about Mardi Gras Indians. For the finale, Andrew will take you to see some of the homes that have been decorated as floats, know as the Krewe of House Floats, the main adaptation for 2021. 00:00 - Intro 02:43 - Jackson Square 05:16 - Mardi Gras World 11:36 - What is a Mardi Gras Throw? 19:40 - Nola Craft Culture - Do It Yourself Costumes + Masking Traditions 23:04 - Armstrong Park and Mardi Gras Indians 31:53 - King Cakes 35:43 - Krewe of House Floats (Yardy Gras) If you enjoyed the tour, please consider 💰 leaving Andrew a TIP at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/andrewfa... (no account necessary) or https://venmo.com/Andrew-Farrier or https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/andre.... Andrew's “Cashtag” is $AndrewDFarrier. And/or consider leaving him a review which you can do from https://freetoursbyfoot.com/new-orlea.... Be sure to subscribe to our channel and click the bell 🔔 notification so you are alerted as we create new ones. https://www.youtube.com/freetoursbyfo... VISITING NEW ORLEANS? Join us for a guided walk or look for our travel tips for NOLA to help plan your trip. Find out more 🚶‍♀️ https://freetoursbyfoot.com/new-orlea... * OTHER NEW ORLEANS VIDEO TOURS* Garden District    • French Quarter New Orleans | Virtual Walki...   French Quarter    • French Quarter New Orleans | Virtual Walki...   The Real Voodoo Tour    • New Orleans Voodoo (A Virtual Tour)   A New Orleans Cemetery Tour    • New Orleans Cemeteries | A Virtual Metairi...   A Music Tour of New Orleans    • New Orleans Music | Virtual History Tour   NOLA Movie, TV, + Book Locations    • New Orleans Movie, TV & Book Locations Tou...   Tour of Bourbon Street    • New Orleans Walking Tour - Bourbon Street   City Park    • City Park New Orleans | Virtual Tour   Hurricane Katrina Sights (Part 1) -    • Tour of Hurricane Katrina Sites in New Orl...   Hurricane Katrina Sights (Part 2) -    • PART TWO: Hurricane Katrina Sights in New ...   ** All our Virtual Tours Worldwide **    • Playlist   ------------------- 🔔 For more videos about NOLA and other cities, SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL here: https://www.youtube.com/freetoursbyfo... ------------------- Follow us on SOCIAL MEDIA: 👋   / freetoursbyfoot   👋   / freetoursbyfoot   👋   / freetoursbyfoothq   Thanks for watching our video! Let us know if you have any comments or questions below 👇 ------------ 📫 SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR TRAVEL TIPS AND A FREE AUDIO TOUR https://mailchi.mp/freetoursbyfoot.co... ----------- Guide: Andrew Farrier Editing & Camera: James Lanius III Music: Envato Elements The equipment we use (these are affiliate links and we may earn a small commission but we wouldn't use them if they weren't great!) -Roland CS-10EM binaural mic (for 3D Audio Videos) https://amzn.to/38fIEcE -Wireless Lavalier Mic (for guided videos) https://amzn.to/3naxVEV -DJI Osmo Mobile Gimbal https://amzn.to/2L1Hh8P -Zoom H1N Recorder: https://amzn.to/3n8lglO We use TubeBuddy to help optimize our videos - https://www.tubebuddy.com/Freetoursby... #virtualtour #visitnola #mardigras2021 #yardigras