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

Some Mardi Gras keepsakes are legendary—signature throws like beads, doubloons, and Zulu coconuts are prized treasures. Handmade masks, colorful artwork, and unique street vendor trinkets ...

I bead all the time,” Chung Cutno said. As is tradition among Black Masking Indians, also known as Mardi Gras Indians ... to catch throws from Rex and Zulu, the Black Masking Indians will ...

That day, he was looking for acrylic paint to finish decorating coconuts that he planned to throw on Mardi Gras in the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club ... Broadway Bound and The Bead Shop. When ...

Mardi Gras 2025 may not have been the biggest on record, but it was the biggest post-pandemic Carnival, with hotel occupancy averaging nearly 90% for the five-day weekend and businesses owners ...

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 ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The good times have rolled here in Southwest Louisiana and now it’s time for the beads to find a new home. “People can come and any of the beads that they don’t want, they ...

D’IBERVILLE/ST. MARTIN, Miss. (WLOX) - Mardi Gras may be over, but the North Bay Civitan Club of D’Iberville & St. Martin isn’t letting those beads go to waste. The group took in nearly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...