After 32 years away, Anthony Hingle Jr. is back in town, continuing the work of his father, Flagboy Meathead, a legend among ...

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

Learn about the history of some of the most popular Mardi Gras traditions so you can celebrate in New Orleans the right way! New Orleans Mardi Gras traditions Mardi Gras in New Orleans is more than ...

It may not have the French architectural charm of Nola, but Lake Charles’s vibrant celebrations have a certain je ne sais quoi, finds Rashmi Narayan ...

New Orleans is considered the epicenter of Mardi Gras in the U.S. This is largely due to New Orleans' French colonial roots. While the festival traces back to European Carnival traditions ...

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

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades ... streets over the 58-day Carnival season. Beaded necklaces, tossed ...

The severe weather and winds caused officials to urge caution about Mardi Gras floats during Fat Tuesday celebrations in New Orleans.

Carnival Season's final parades in Louisiana's most populous city, which is world-famous for its Mardi Gras bash, were moved to earlier time slots — with masked riders on elaborate floats and ...

Beads, MoonPies and stuffed animals are some of the things that make Mobile Mardi Gras special. One central Georgia family loves Mardi Gras so much they got tattoos of the coordinates of where they ...

Jasmine Batiste, 28, wore an intricate blue beaded outfit that she spent all year threading beads onto using ... hold their own Mardi Gras Day parades. The weeks of Carnival culminate with ...