Members of the Pussyfooters dance at the Krewe of Cleopatra Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Friday, February 2, 2018. Mardi Gras season is kicking into high gear with a slew of major parades throughout New Orleans. Although Carnival season officially began Jan. 6, the festivities really kick into high gear the two weekends ahead of Fat Tuesday. This year Fat Tuesday is Feb. 13. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice, Italy February 17, 2017. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

A dog wears “The Flash” costume for a carnival pet parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, January 31, 2016. People dressed their pets up for the annual block parade held near Copacabana beach. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)

Revelers dance at a Jacarezinho samba school practice session ahead of Carnival celebrations on February 16, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Jacarezinho “favela” was previously controlled by drug traffickers and is now occupied by the city's Police Pacification Unit (UPP). Carnival officially begins February 28, but pre-Carnival celebrations are already underway. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Masked revellers pose during the Venice Carnival in Venice, Italy February 11, 2017. The Venice carnival in the historical lagoon city attracts people from around the world. (Photo by Tony Gentile/Reuters)

Float builder Andrea works on a float which depicts Russia's President Vladimir Putin as warmonger, at the float hall of the Mainz Carnival Association (MCV), in Mainz, Germany, 02 February 2016. The MCV invited journalists to a preview of this year's floats for the upcoming Shrove Monday carnival parade. The main carnival season festivities will happen around Rose Monday on 08 February. (Photo by Fredrik von Erichsen/EPA)

A reveller dressed as Spider-Man takes part in a presentation at the top of a building during an annual block party known as “Enquanto isso na Sala da Justiça” (Meanwhile, in the justice room), one of the many carnival parties taking place in the neighbourhood of Olinda, Brazil February 7, 2016. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

Revellers take part in the “Canto a la Tierra” parade on January 3, 2018, during the Carnival of Blacks and Whites in Pasto, Colombia, the largest festivity in the south- western region of the country. More than 10,000 people among artists, craftsmen and revellers take part in the Blacks and Whites Carnival, which has its origins in the mix of the multiple Andean, Amazonian and Pacific cultural expressions. It is celebrated every year from January 2 to 6 in the city of Pasto and is part of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2009. (Photo by Luis Robayo/AFP Photo)