According to Campbell, the Mardi Gras tree concept got started when someone removed all of their Christmas tree ornaments but kept the artificial tree up. The reason is a mystery. After returning home ...

Louisiana might be the king of Mardi Gras. However, its neighbor loves to party too. From beads and balls to boudin and gumbo ...

Running Feb. 1 through March 30, Universal Orlando Resorts's Mardi Gras brings the New Orleans celebration to their Universal ...

AM on New Year’s Day when 42-year old Shamsud Din Jabbar drove a Ford pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street ...

CORRECTS MARDI GRAS DAY IS FEB. 21, 2023, NOT 2022 - Children on ladders vie for beads as the group rolls during the Krewe of Iris Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023.

In between, Krewes and mystic societies hold balls and parades where they dress up in costumes, hand out beads and enjoy a nice king cake or two. Mardi Gras simply means “Fat Tuesday.” ...

Guests looking to make their visit extra special can participate in the Mardi Gras Float Ride and Dine Experience. This experience provides an opportunity to throw beads from one of the Mardi Gras ...

Mardi Gras is not the time to go for neutrals. This time of year in Louisiana calls for standing out — whether in yelling, leaping and lunging for the best throws at the parade, or in finding ...

On Monday morning, Lafayette Parish Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet, along with the Greater Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association ... wearing large hot pink beads to go with the ...

Each year on Jan. 6, as other Americans are taking down their Christmas decorations, residents in New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf South start hanging Mardi Gras beads and ordering their ...

Mardi Gras in Louisiana is a beloved holiday, and its also a notorious cultural tradition. Louisiana celebrates Mardi Gras due to the French-Catholic settlers who inhabited Louisiana during the ...