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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Between masks, balls and throws, it can be difficult to plan your look. To help you out, we've compiled some resources to help you look your best this Mardi Gras season. Masks are fabulous.

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 ...

colorful masks, and beads galore all in celebration of Mardi Gras. The holiday, which is otherwise known as "Fat Tuesday," or the final day of Carnival, is the annual Christian feasting period ...

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 ...

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 ...

masked balls and fancy dinners during the holiday. However, under Spanish control of New Orleans, bans preventing large observances were placed on Mardi Gras. This remained until Louisiana became ...

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?