I knew not the art of catching a throw listed by Vincent Spear in his 1969 pamphlet, Techniques of Mardi Gras Throw-Catching; or, How to Ruin a $50 Sport Coat to Catch a 10¢ Necklace. Or ...

The program gives back to the community in many ways, including financially. Innovative program puts Mardi Gras beads to good use after the party is over: 'A big impact' first appeared on The Cool ...

Shippensburg University College of Arts and Sciences Dean Sabita Manian hosted the inaugural Beads and Beignets social hour on March 5 in the Dauphin Humanities Center Fishbowl.

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

Shortly after the bead necklaces became popular ... the onlookers is very much tied into the meaning at the heart of Mardi Gras: anti-establishment and anti-royalty sentiment.

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.

The Mardi Gras revelry in this city is known the ... For those still interested in throwing necklaces, Atlas Beads offers handmade creations by a women's collective in Uganda; their beautiful ...

Image People tossed beads at each other, on trees and anything that could possibly hold a Mardi Gras necklace. “Our world here is something different from everyone else’s for just a few days ...

Parade spectators attempt to catch bead necklaces from the parade floats during the big parade for the 15th Annual Mardi Gras Nocona Style on Clay Street in Nocona on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025.

Apparently the trucks did not leave New Orleans unscathed, either, as many parade goers threw beads and other projectiles ... so why would a beaded necklace be enough to crack one?

Beaded necklaces, tossed from balconies and floats, crunched beneath wheels as the truck passed daiquiri bars, strip clubs and fried chicken joints. Piles of Mardi Gras detritus accumulated from ...