The Lafayette Mardi Gras Indians bring their brightly colored costumes to life with a painted wire mask, square mortarboard-style hat, vibrant feathers and embroidery. The Mardi Gras Indian ...

Organizers trucked in 100 pounds of rice, 50 pounds of tomatoes and 40 pounds of chicken for the jambalaya and gumbo.Above, Carey Odlin, the Mardi Gras king, offers colorful coins to revelers.

After Mardi Gras made its way to the United States, masked balls flourished under French rule in the late 1700s, but were later banned by the Spanish governors. The prohibition continued when New ...

Object Details Description On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 outbreak had become a pandemic. In the months before the WHO’s declaration, the SARS-CoV-2 ...

The event will begin at 10 a.m. with a screening of Pat Mire’s iconic Mardi Gras documentary, “Dance for a Chicken,” which reveals the secrets and history of the rural Mardi Gras run or Courir.

The 2024 Mardi Gras season officially begins January 6th... and what better way to ring in the season than by picking up the 2024 ‘Mobile Mask - Reveler’s Guide to Mardi Gras’. Steve Joynt ...

The French Quarter's annual Mardi Gras Mask Market takes place in Dutch Alley between Dumaine and St. Philip streets from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 through Monday, March 3. There will be ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG News 5 is your guide for all things Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast. Here we’re keeping track of Mardi Gras 2025 parade schedules in Mobile. Fat Tuesday is March 4 ...

Mardi Gras Weekend at Pluck Farm When: March 1 and 2 from noon to 8 p.m. Where: 6901 North Carolina 54, West Mebane Pluck Farm and Steel String Brewery’s hold a Mardi Gras celebration weekend.

Laissez les bons temps rouler! While it’s hard to replicate the colorful revelry of New Orlean’s French Quarter, these DC Mardi Gras events promise good times: Friday, February 9 Masquerade Party at ...