It isn’t easy getting around the construction sites in the French Quarter these days, which the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc ...

This is an excerpt from the book “Mardi Gras Beads,” by Doug MacCash, part of LSU Press’ series “Louisiana True.” There were no lavish float parades back then, but there were massive rambles of ...

Mardi Gras is a well-known and cherished holiday in Louisiana, with its parades, marching bands, beads and balls. But Mardi Gras is more than parades and doubloons. In southwest Louisiana, many rural ...

Across the globe, from France to the U.S., millions celebrate Mardi Gras each year. But the Mardi Gras we know – filled with extravagant costumes, large parades and colorful masks – is not how the ...

(USA TODAY) -- Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is synonymous with revelry before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Festivities begin on Jan. 6, known as the Feast of the Epiphany, Twelfth ...

There are a few things everyone associates with New Orleans. Bourbon Street, jazz, and New Orleans carry the city's ...

Carnival season festivities will close Tuesday in spectacular fashion with colorful parades, glitzy beads and masked celebrants. Mardi Gras is celebrated around the globe and has roots in Christian ...

Celebrated with colorful beads, loud music, rambunctious parades and rich foods, Mardi Gras — French for "Fat Tuesday" — is the period before Lent when Catholics have one last hurrah before their ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - "Let the good times roll," at the best Mardi Gras party this side of the French Quarter. Mainstrasse in Covington is hosting its annual Mardi Gras parade and party on March 1. Amy ...

You know Mardi Gras is really here when the driving barricades go up in the French Quarter, which will take place Friday night beginning at 6 pm. Here's the official notice from the NOPD 8th District ...

LUMBERTON, Texas — The aroma of buttery pastries and sweet icing fills the air at Cake Turner's in Lumberton, where owner Mark Turner and his team are churning out up to 100 king cakes daily as Mardi ...

Tuesday is Mardi Gras, also known by its English translation Fat Tuesday. It's the festival that happens before the start of ...