(WTOP/Jimmy Alexander) WTOP/Jimmy Alexander Calandra Corder, who is from New Orleans, celebrated at the Fiyah Festival. (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander) WTOP/Jimmy Alexander Rep. (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander) WTOP/Jimmy Alexander People on a parade float at the Fiyah Festival. (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander) WTOP/Jimmy Alexander ( 1 /5) Share This Gallery: Share This:share on facebookshare on Xshare on threadsshare on linkedinshare on emailprintIt may be six months until Fat Tuesday, but on Saturday, D.C.’s Chinatown looked and sounded like the Big Easy. Well, lo and behold, we missed the first Mardi Gras,” Walker said.