New Orleans officials gathered Thursday night to review the successful Mardi Gras season, focusing on public safety, inappropriate throws, and sustainable practices and more.

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Durand recalls seeing Mardi Gras parades on Crowder Boulevard in New Orleans East, where she grew up. According to her, her parents were living in poverty at first but rose to the top in 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 ...

Mardi Gras has been celebrated in the U.S. since 1703, when French settlers in Mobile, Alabama, held the first recorded festivities, according to mardigrasneworleans.com. However, the modern ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

Not for the first time, the Big Easy has had it hard. But even when the going gets tough, New Orleanians are known for taking it in stride. And each year during Mardi Gras, they take it to the ...

It was the couple’s first time seeing Black Masking Indians in person on Mardi Gras. “It’s always been ... culture being manifested in Native American motif,” Watkins said.

“Mardi Gras is all about having these moments ... take to the streets to represent a central part of African American culture in the city dating back to the 1800s. One of the most beloved ...

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