Mardi Gras features music, colorful costumes, and delicious food ... green and purple. Rio de Janeiro's famed Carnival celebration begins Feb. 28 and extends until March 8. It includes parades ...

Mardi Gras is coming. In some places — New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro ... This year the day of feasting, parades and costumes, Fat Tuesday, lands on March 4 — as always, the day before Ash ...

Krewe of Rio parade rolls on Feb 22 ... St. The Lafayette Museum is hosting a collection of stunning costumes and other Mardi Gras memorabilia. The collection is on loan from past royalty and ...

Mardi Gras—just one of the festival’s many names—is marked by raucous parties and parades, revelers wearing elaborate costumes, and delicious foods. Some begin celebrating on the night ...

“While best known for parties, costumes and beads, Mardi Gras has religious origins in the Catholic calendar as well as in pre-Christian pagan celebrations,” HuffPost tells us ...

EUNICE, La. (KLFY) — The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition is still celebrated in Cajun Country, along with its traditional costumes. However, there are few traditional costume makers left.

“Mardi Gras is all about having these moments ... Thousands of revelers sporting beads and outlandish costumes filled the streets as New Orleans prepared to celebrate just ahead of bad weather.

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Watch WWL Lousianas live Bourbon Street cam here. Parades have rolled, and revelers are now celebrating throughout the French Quarter. Experience the energy of ...