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 ...

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 ...

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For many, this is the real Mardi Gras, the one that was built in the neighborhoods ... sometimes taking an entire year to complete. Every bead is sewn by hand, every pattern tells a story, and the ...

Kaloy’s BBQ served up heaping plates outside the venue. Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday,” the culmination of a festive season in New Orleans which begins on Jan. 6. Also known as Carni ...

Court records say a passenger on a small regional flight to Miami attacked a flight attendant, kicked and punched the seat of the person in front of him and swallowed rosary beads as pilots ...

Kennedy has begun the process of eliminating a US Food and Drug Administration program called GRAS, or “generally recognized as safe,” that critics say has been abused by the food industry for ...

HHS secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has instructed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore “potential rulemaking” to revise and eventually eliminate the self-affirmed Generally Recognized as ...

It’s Mardi Gras, home to millions of visitors with a riotous good time on their minds. However, it’s also home to some questionable decision-making, like showering a black Tesla Cybertruck with beads ...

Despite being cut short by a few hours because of the threat of severe weather, Mardi Gras 2025 was significantly bigger than last year’s Carnival celebration, according to local hoteliers ...

It was a crowded Mardi Gras weekend in Mamou — a town of a little under 3,000 people that receives thousands of additional visitors during one of the busiest seasons in south Louisiana.