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

So, the cost of those items could rise by more than half. Other throws, such as the popular Mardi Gras bead bags — which were already taxed — will now be charged tariffs as high as 102% ...

And Mississippi is no exception. In order to combat the excess of Mardi Gras beads that wind up littered throughout the area, the Mississippi Aquarium partners with organizations across the state to ...

The event is rooted in African and Native American influences, with ties to both Catholic and Black masking Indian traditions.

City officials said they collected 3,730 pounds of Mardi Gras beads which will be donated to the Augusta Evans Special School in Mobile. The students at Augusta Evans will clean, sort and then ...

It is an extension of the Mardi Gras Indian tradition, where members of different tribes don elaborate, hand-sewn suits adorned with beads and feathers, gathering in the streets for processions ...

The road to the ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ is paved with beads, the lively sounds of brass bands ... launching an unforgettable journey to EFOC with a spectacular Mardi Gras celebration like no ...

UPDATE, 3/14/25, 4:30 P.M.:Mamou Mardi Gras shooting suspect, Tre’land Castille, 19, has been transferred from Montgomery County, Texas back to Louisiana. Castille will be extradited to the St ...

VILLE PLATTE, La. (KLFY) — The man accused of the mass shooting on Mardi Gras in Mamou has been moved to the Evangeline Parish Jail to face charges. Trea’land Ty’rell Castille, 19 ...