The event is rooted in African and Native American influences, with ties to both Catholic and Black masking Indian traditions ...

Shippensburg University College of Arts and Sciences Dean Sabita Manian hosted the inaugural Beads and Beignets social hour on March 5 in the Dauphin Humanities Center Fishbowl.

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — If you attended any Mardi Gras parades this season, you may be asking yourself, “What do I do with all of these beads?” Fairhope’s second Wawa, 5th in Alabama ...

When you think of Mardi Gras, do colorful parades down the streets of New Orleans come to mind? How about the historical and religious traces to Medieval Europe? Mardi Gras is a centuries-old ...

Beaded necklaces, tossed from balconies and floats, crunched beneath wheels as the truck passed daiquiri bars, strip clubs and fried chicken joints. Piles of Mardi Gras detritus accumulated from ...

It is a day full of parades, millions of beads, and indulging ... Disney All of these criticisms were on top of the fact that Disney didn’t have a real Mardi Gras celebration this year.

And each year during Mardi Gras, they take it to the streets ... Armor is formed of towering feathered suits, adorned with beads and sequins and weighing up to 150 pounds. Bead by bead, maskers ...

Why isn't Mardi Gras on the same day ... in the astronomical and religious terminology behind our favorite bead-throwing holiday, the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval ...

Before Lent begins, Louisiana’s Catholic communities celebrate Mardi Gras the old-fashioned way — with prayer, music and a ...

Carnival season that began less than a week after the tragic New Year’s Eve attack on Bourbon Street and included a triumphant Super Bowl week in New Orleans ...

Mardi Gras parades are known for featuring colorful plastic bead necklaces, but here's the surprisingly deep meaning behind it all.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -New Orleans is famous for its over-the-top Mardi Gras ... of catching lots of beads and trinkets being thrown from the colorful floats. “Mardi Gras throws are something ...