If you attend a Mardi Gras parade, you can expect a few things: a visual spectacle, loud music, elaborate floats and costumes, excellent food — and beads. The beads are often cheap plastic ...

Cybertruck owners Joshua Hazel and Christina G. said they each face thousands in repairs after experiencing vandalism at a ...

Mardi Gras-goers occasionally suffer injuries. Heavy plastic beads, when thrown aggressively ... The initial shock of realizing my smile, and therefore my face, had suddenly been altered took ...

Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday ... While throws include plastic beads, candy, stuffed animals, cups and toys, there are also the more coveted items such as painted coconuts, hand-decorated shoes ...

The Krewe of Freret, the first Mardi Gras parade to completely outlaw plastic throws ... what we're considering just junk beads to a young child… and their face lights up.

The beads. So many beads. Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition ... ranging from doubloons (coins), colorful beads, plastic cups, stuffed animals, candy and the unofficial symbol of the ...

Waves of trash that included cans, wrappers and neon green plastic cups ... who turns in bags of beads, cans or bottles and an artist building a mosaic from them. This year, the city had earmarked $50 ...