Betcha’ I’ll see more parades than you this Mardi Gras,” I said, or something to that effect. There was no prize to the ...

Think 250 million beads being tossed around randomly ... painted coconuts from the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure. During the Mardi Gras, finding an inch amidst the revellers can be quite a feat.

Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring ... A member of the Zulu parade holds a pair of coconuts on Mardi Gras day, February 5, 2008 in New Orleans ...

Update 12:30 p.m. Mardi Gras parades Zulu and Rex finish their roll on Fat ... with their necks hunched from a hefty haul of shimmery beads, were renowned Black masking Indians, whose spectacular ...

FILE – Revelers throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel onto crowds on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities in the French ... Participants in the parade of New Orleans’ Zulu ...

People gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne’s parade on Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Bourbon Street is seen ...

Update 12:30 p.m. Mardi Gras parades Zulu and Rex finish their roll on Fat ... with their necks hunched from a hefty haul of shimmery beads, were renowned Black masking Indians, whose spectacular ...

At the start of the Krewe of Zulu parade, family and friends gathered wearing Mardi Gras purple ... necks hunched from a hefty haul of shimmery beads, were renowned Black masking Indians, whose ...

By Sara Bonisteel They throw lots of things at the Carnival parades in New Orleans: plastic beads and stuffed animals ... the founder of the Mardi Gras Guide, now in its 49th annual edition.