New Orleans takes Mardi Gras seriously, with traditions including king cake and parades beginning in January and lasting for weeks until the actual holiday itself. Whether you're a local ...

The parties. The beads ... Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity ...

Though one thing was certain of the Gothic novelist: her love for New Orleans and its culture ... welcomed in what his family called the "Mardi Gras house," whether they were on the 50-page ...

More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras ... secularized in New Orleans, where the largest and best-known celebrations in the U.S. include street parties, fancy balls and ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The heightened police presence in New Orleans during Mardi Gras helped deliver one ... During the weeks ...

NEW ORLEANS — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades and partying, leaving behind an avalanche of waste. At dawn Wednesday ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

The annual carnival comes in the wake of the New Year's Day terror attack. More cops than confetti are expected to be prevalent on parade routes when Mardi Gras goes ...