This list of sounds captures the lively and vibrant atmosphere of Mardi Gras celebrations.
A
Accordion melodies
Acrobatics
B
Balcony party chatter
Baton twirlers' routines
Bead cascade on pavement
Beads rattling
Brass band parades
Brass ensemble crescendos
C
Cajun fiddle tunes
Cajun two-step beats
Carnival carousel music
Carnival float engines
Celebratory cheers
Creole Zydeco rhythms
Crowd applause
D
Dancing footsteps
Dixieland jazz trumpets
Doubloons spilling
Drumline cadences
E
Energetic second-line parades
F
Fanfare
Flamenco
Float engines revving
Float riders' banter
Food frying
French Quarter sounds
G
Guitar strums
H
Harmonious street buskers
Hooting and hollering
J
Jazz clarinet solos
Jazz music
Jazz saxophone
Jester's jokes
L
Laughter
M
Mambo
Mardi Gras parade floats
Masked reveler chatter
Masks rustling
Masquerade ballroom waltzes
N
New Orleans street sounds
P
Parade announcer calls
Party horn toots
Pop of champagne
R
Reveler exclamations
S
Samba
Sizzling Cajun cuisine
Soca and calypso beats
Spilling drinks
Street vendors
Swing dance rhythms
T
Tambourine shakes
Trumpet fanfares
V
Vibrating base beats
Voodoo drum circles
W
Whistles and cheers
Wild hollering
Y
Yelling rambunctiously
Z
Zydeco accordion squeezes