Mardi Gras

The smell of stale beer in the air, loud music everywhere, people shouting and laughing having a good ‘ole time is what carnival, better known as Mashumani is like in Guyana. When it’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, however, broken beads and trash are all over the ground, and everywhere one looks he/she sees someone taking off some type of clothing for some beads. Unlike in New Orleans people in Guyana know how …

…in the world. After having gone to Mardi Gras and having gone to carnival in Guyana, I have come to the conclusion that people just don’t care what they do, or have hardly any type of respect for themselves if they are willing to strip themselves in public for a string of beads. People where I am from just have plain ‘ole fun. They drink, party, and have fun without taking off their clothes.