Whether your idea of celebrating Fat Tuesday (a.k.a. Mardi Gras, in French) involves throwing beads from a fancy float in New ... like wearing decorative masks or marching in parades are well ...

But the Mardi Gras we know – filled with extravagant costumes, large parades and colorful masks – is not how the ... masked balls and fancy dinners during the holiday. However, under Spanish ...

Celebrations first started as v fancy community balls, then eventually expanded to street parades in the 1800s. Still waiting for the significance of those Mardi Gras masks you’ve seen in Party ...

Along with beads, masks are an integral part of any Mardi Gras celebration ... While the Mardi Gras parades are open to the public, most of the fancy balls thrown by the krewes are much more ...

Known for its spectacular parades, floats, marching bands, throws, and King cake, Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration in New Orleans. The first recorded Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans took ...

The Carnival season will end on Mardi Gras, which is now one week away! From parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday.

Way before COVID and its related mask requirements, New Orleans was all about masks for Mardi Gras. Anyone riding a float is required — by law — to wear a mask, which has yielded decorative ...

From high-energy parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. The holiday which is less than a week away, is just ahead of ...

Celebrations first started as v fancy community balls, then eventually expanded to street parades in the 1800s. Still waiting for the significance of those Mardi Gras masks you’ve seen in Party City?