So if you’re gearing up to celebrate Mardi Gras on March 4 and want to elevate your experience with a mask of your own, keep ...

Piñatas: Mardi Gras party piñatas can be fun for all ages - choose piñatas with mask, jazz instrument, or other Mardi Gras ...

Ashley Hansen, far right, of Hansen's Sno-Blitz and her family and friends dressed as assorted snowball flavors near the Rex parade route in New Orleans on Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 21 ...

Mardi Gras comes to a close on Tuesday night, and soon, those who celebrate will exclaim “Laissez les bons temps rouler,” or “Let the good times roll” for the last time this Carnival season.

Another part of the traditional costume is the mask. Kindy Devillier, from Cajun Girls Corner, makes traditional Mardi Gras masks out of window screens and lagniappe from around the house.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Stepping into Royal Mask, one of the oldest Mardi Gras mask shops in the French Quarter, visitors are greeted by walls adorned with vibrant, handmade creations. Inside the ...

Mardi Gras is a well-known Christian festival that originated from pagan spring and fertility ceremonies thousands of years ago. Some of the most well-known public celebrations of the event are ...

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) In New Orleans, some African Americans mask in elaborate beaded and feathered Mardi Gras Indian suits, roving the city to sing, dance, drum and perform. The ...

Mardi Gras in Louisiana is a beloved holiday, and its also a notorious cultural tradition. Louisiana celebrates Mardi Gras due to the French-Catholic settlers who inhabited Louisiana during the ...

Carnival season is in full effect and has been for weeks. Now, it's almost time for Mardi Gras! Beginning as a religious holiday observed prior to the Christian Lenten season, Mardi Gras has ...

"For a Mardi Gras ball, it'll be all sequins, all sparkles, all flashy," Smith said. "It goes back to the 1800s where people would go to the ball in their mask, and they'd be in long formals ...