This is an excerpt from the book “Mardi Gras Beads,” by Doug MacCash, part of LSU Press’ series “Louisiana True.” There were no lavish float parades back then, but there were massive rambles of ...
The Joan of Arc parade, which marched triumphantly through the packed streets of the French Quarter on Saturday, is absolutely one of the best parades in a town that knows a little something about ...
Mardi Gras is a well-known and cherished holiday in Louisiana, with its parades, marching bands, beads and balls. But Mardi Gras is more than parades and doubloons. In southwest Louisiana, many rural ...
(USA TODAY) -- Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is synonymous with revelry before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Festivities begin on Jan. 6, known as the Feast of the Epiphany, Twelfth ...
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Sorry, New Orleans, this city did Mardi Gras first
There are a few things everyone associates with New Orleans. Bourbon Street, jazz, and New Orleans carry the city's ...
Carnival season festivities will close Tuesday in spectacular fashion with colorful parades, glitzy beads and masked celebrants. Mardi Gras is celebrated around the globe and has roots in Christian ...
For much of the world, Mardi Gras and Carnival season bring to mind colorful beads, grand balls and decked-out floats. But deep in the heart of some Louisiana small towns, revelers take joy in a much ...
LUMBERTON, Texas — The aroma of buttery pastries and sweet icing fills the air at Cake Turner's in Lumberton, where owner Mark Turner and his team are churning out up to 100 king cakes daily as Mardi ...
You know Mardi Gras is really here when the driving barricades go up in the French Quarter, which will take place Friday night beginning at 6 pm. Here's the official notice from the NOPD 8th District ...
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WFLA) — Louisiana authorities pulled several snaky suspects off the streets of New Orleans over the weekend as the city prepares for Mardi Gras. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife ...
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Mardi Gras is Tuesday. Reno isn’t New Orleans, but here’s how to celebrate in Northern Nevada
Tuesday is Mardi Gras, also known by its English translation Fat Tuesday. It's the festival that happens before the start of ...
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