If you've ever been to a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, then you're probably familiar with the sea of unwanted beads, flashing toys and plastic packaging left in the wake of the last float to pass ...

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Exposing one’s private parts in exchange for throws — or just for thrills — has been a Carnival custom for decades. Ann Lyneah Curtis, 68, of Harper, Texas, came forth in 2020 to confess that she ...

NEW ORLEANS — You probably have a big bag of Mardi Gras beads in your home right now. Or maybe you've already recycled them to one of the non-profits. But now one krewe hopes to lighten your load next ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads. Mardi Gras ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Nearly every year (the Covid-19 pandemic years notwithstanding) the city of New Orleans descends in to a ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Revelers filled the streets of Covington Saturday night for the Mainstrasse Mardi Gras Parade, but that wasn't the only celebration going on in the area. The parade captivated ...

It was Mardi Gras weekend in New Orleans and popular LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne had the chance to experience the weekend in ...

WEBVTT MARDI GRAS -- IN FULL SWING! AND IN HONOR OF THE CELEBRATION -- MARIAN AND DENNIS CIAHACEK WITH THE GREAT HAVEST BREAD COMPANY JOIN US WITH A TASTY SANDWICH OPTION .. WHAT ARE WE MAKING THIS ...