If Las Vegas hadn’t stolen the moniker Sin City it would belong to New Orleans.
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All year long, ghosts and vampires and voodoo queens prowl the streets of the underworld along with kink lovers of every ilk. There are countless festivals, parties, and gatherings year round celebrating everything from jazz to tomatoes to cajun food to leather!
In September, revellers from all over the world descend on New Orleans for Southern Decadence, a gay fetish fest with dungeon parties, big-dick contests, and more. Many of the 300,000 who come out to play each fall are straight.
Then of course, there’s the regular Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Every year, millions flock from the world over to land in The Big Easy for the pre-Lenten bacchanalia.
Lent is an ancient Catholic tradition of giving up a bad habit or a luxury, denying yourself over time to experience humility. Merging this period with more ancient rituals, the day before Ash Wednesday is Mardi Gras, when you deny yourself nothing.
Fat Tuesday is an orgy of booze, food, boobs, friend swapping, dancing at the river and in the streets, and general debauchery. There are live sex shows, underground fetish rituals and spirit-possession rites. Everyone dresses up in elaborate disguises and costumes.
At midnight, it’s over, and all excesses are shed. The streets are hosed down and partiers are sent home.
You can definitely head to N’Awlins to see it for yourself and should do in your lifetime. But if you’re staying home this year, why not plan a Mardi Gras orgy to celebrate right where you are?
Dress Up and Role Play
Masquerade is a huge part of the Mardi Gras ritual, so have guests come in elaborate costumes. From jesters to vampires to clowns to shady figures from folklore, think kink if you can!
You might choose ahead of time to re-enact some scenarios from various aspects of the Mardi Gras underworld, from ancient voodoo rituals to bayou folklore.
Official Colors
Use purple, green, and gold for your streamers and baubles and balloons.
Music
Jazz, zydeco, Dixieland, big band, swamp sounds, and New Orleans blues will add a note of authenticity no matter where you live. Work on a dirty mix—there’s plenty of innuendo and downright filth coming from branches of these genres.
Decor
Hang beaded curtains to turn everything into a peepshow of sorts. Or go all out and turn the king-sized orgy bed into a carnival parade float.
Toybox
It’s all about play, so have bowls of condoms in the official Mardi Gras colors. For extra kinky fun supply packets of lube and easy-to-clean, quality glass and plastic toys like dildos, whips and blindfolds.
Drinks
Mardi Gras takes place on Bourbon Street, so you’ll want lots of bourbon on hand. Huge daiquiris and margaritas should be served in cheap colorful glasses that look like aliens or other novelty, funhouse shapes.
The Hurricane is the heart of Mardi Gras alcohol: combine dark and light rum, orange juice, lime juice, passion fruit syrup, and grenadine. Add crushed ice and shake it up!
Be Open and Have Fun
If you’ve been to Mardi Gras, you’ll have no problems making a list of possibilities and shopping for treats and trinkets, from pralines to plastic coins. All kinds of games can be devised for your orgy party.
If you’ve never been, read up online on the traditions and lore of Mardi Gras and have a whole new experience! Don’t stress over it because the whole point of Fat Tuesday is to cut loose and have fun—ANYTHING GOES!
The Cinderella Hour
Make sure you pack in all the fun early—it ends at midnight. Lights on, party’s over, and the fast begins… unless of course, you want to tweak the tradition!
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