After a brief post- Super Bowl breather, an intense security presence will return to the streets and skies of New Orleans, as ...
With Mardi Gras just around the corner, all your favorite fast food joints and chain restaurants are gearing up for Fat ...
Fat Tuesday, which is Mardi Gras Day, marks the last day of Carnival Season, and this day falls on March 4 this year.
These LSU students have discovered a new way to make earth-friendly Mardi Gras beads, and they also make flowers.
Mardi Gras is an annual tradition widely in Galveston and New Orleans, but its beginnings in North America can be traced to Mobile, Alabama, dating back to 1703. "Mardi gras was brought to the country ...
Parades in New Orleans, and all across South Louisiana, celebrating Mardi Gras first started on Twelfth Night, which ...
It wasn't exactly New Orleans, but Catholics in the St. John Valley liked to stir up mischief before the start of Lent.
In this 1965 photograph, New Orleans-born photographer Del Hall captures the collective anticipation of the crowd as they ...