Mystery Masks: Give each guest a unique mask at the beginning ... and other trinkets in Mardi Gras colors, shapes, and ...

Still, it lived in some form with celebrations reinvented and many locals decorating ... and its related mask requirements, New Orleans was all about masks for Mardi Gras. Anyone riding a float ...

Another style option is the classic eye mask, which comes from the European masquerade tradition. This is a fun (and stylish) choice to add to your ensemble. To really get into the Mardi Gras ...

When one of the traditional Carnival parades rambles through New Orleans’ streets in the big lead up to Mardi Gras, the folks riding ... every year do so with a mask covering their faces ...

Get in the carnival spirit with live music, beads, Mardi Gras mask craft station, face painting, creole cajun food, King Cake and of course – craft beer! This year, celebrate Mardi Gras in ...

(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 ...

Are the Mardi Gras Indians best defined as a community, a tradition, a brotherhood and sisterhood, or an example of living history? “All of the above,” Hulin says. “Even if I don’t mask ...