The event is rooted in African and Native American influences, with ties to both Catholic and Black masking Indian traditions ...

Two Houma parade floats caught fire during the 2025 Mardi Gras season. The incidents are causing officials to revisit ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...

Joe Luscy, an employee with IV Waste, the company tasked with cleaning up the French Quarter after Mardi Gras, coordinates logistics on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, amid a pile of garbage.

When you think of Mardi Gras, do colorful parades down the streets of New Orleans come to mind? How about the historical and religious traces to Medieval Europe? Mardi Gras is a centuries-old ...

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes are filling the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day despite the threat of storms.

“Mardi Gras is all about having these moments. This city is like nowhere else in the country right now,” said Kendall Calyen, 41, marveling at the 200-year-old tradition unfolding before his eye ...

Celebrate Mardi Gras 2025 with joy, colour, and festivity. Share these top 30 wishes, images, messages, and status updates to spread the Fat Tuesday spirit. Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a lively ...

Thousands of revelers adorned in beads and outlandish costumes were filling the streets as New Orleans prepared to celebrate ...