It’s 19 degrees below zero, and I’m standing with Marcia Howard in the parking lot of a former gas station across the street ...

Both figures are also wearing masks, as is the custom at Mardi Gras. New Orleans and Mardi Gras are inseparable ... Lamp posts are decorated with green, yellow, and purple jester hats. Colorful ...

The local connection to the artwork on view in the New Orleans Museum ... actually — where visitors can see the Black Masking (or Mardi Gras) Indian suit created by Elenora “Big Queen Rukiya ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early ... people donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New ...

Mardi Gras festivities are underway in New Orleans early Tuesday morning despite a forecast of severe weather expected later in the day. The city’s iconic Fat Tuesday parades are adapting to the ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH — With the theme "There's No Place Like Home," the Imperial Mardi Gras Parade rolled through Opelousas Tuesday, celebrating local pride and Mardi Gras spirit. The parade ...

In celebration of this Mardi Gras season, WDSU is shining a spotlight on Mardi Gras and its masterminds in an hour-long special. During Mardi Gras Masterminds - The Story of Kern Studios ...

Tuesday is Mardi Gras, also known by its English translation Fat Tuesday. It's the festival that happens before the start of Lent, the 40-day period observed by certain Christian denominations ...

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 ...

Get your beads and King Cakes out! Mardi Gras is officially upon us! The annual celebration is one of the most iconic cultural events in the United States, known for exuberant parades, festive ...

But eventually, this trick was found out by the government who would ban masks statewide, a law that is still applicable today. Things changed, however, when the state officially made Mardi Gras a ...

"I have to look at the safety first," the parish president said. Parades on Mardi Gras day have been canceled in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and altered in New Orleans due to the dangers posed by ...