The makeup carries grave significance for the group as Brian Sims, a former Zulu king, explains: "Back in the 1900s, the rules are, you have to mask. Every organization wears a mask during Mardi Gras.

The Mardi Gras is celebrated on “fat Tuesday,” the day before Ash Wednesday. The calendar dates of the annual festival change each year, but always 46 days before Easter.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The first Mobile Mardi Gras Parade is only a few days away, but Mardi Gras balls for the 2025 season are already in full swing. “An occasion for a person is very special… ...

But Mardi Gras is an entire season, often called Carnival. It begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday, or the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.

After celebrating year after year across the Gulf Coast, a group of men in Loxley figured it was time to bring the magic of Mardi Gras to their hometown. “I mean, it’s all around us.