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Mardi Gras is a one-to-three-month stretch of ... Article continues below Other traditions include bead throwing, which is when those riding on parade floats toss plastic beads and other trinkets ...

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This local Fat Tuesday tradition has kept Kansas City partiers ... There was a bottle of whiskey, some Mardi Gras beads, and someone produced a king cake, MacBride said. Ernie Locke, from the ...

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of revelers adorned in beads and outlandish costumes will fill the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day despite anticipated severe storms.