Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras, leaving the city covered in ...

The last day of Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans is March 4, making it the actual day of Mardi Gras, also known as Fat ...

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes filled the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrated Mardi Gras Day despite ...

Mardi Gras, which is French for “Fat Tuesday,” is a pre-Lenten celebration in New Orleans that includes a months-long ...

Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where many give up habits for 40 days. Here's ...

Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more disciplined and give ...

Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more disciplined and give up habits for 40 days.

LSU researchers have developed biodegradable Mardi Gras beads filled with flowers in an effort to reduce ... and Rogers received funding from the Honors College for the filaments. Additionally, Rogers ...

Since then, Pensacola Mardi Gras has grown. One man cheers on as he yells up to the float riders to throw him beads. (News 5 photo) “I mostly enjoy watching the families, the kids, all the ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic beads into the crowd. Matt Bloom with Member station WWNO takes us on a ...