Curators and museum officials collaborated with the men who made the spectacular masquerades. "We thought, ‘Let's work with ...

A lithe woman in crocodile mask and a wagging scaly tail dangling ... and waved her still-greasy hands. Swathed in the New ...

Members of New Orleans' Black Masking Indians are preparing for to reveal their colorful and elaborate suits on Fat Tuesday.

Though it contains samples of the original recording of “Big Chief,” “I’m Feeling Good!” takes the song in an entirely new, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early ... people donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New ...

A new report urges changes to make Bourbon Street safer after a deadly New Year’s Day attack, including turning the New ...

In New Orleans, the contrast from Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday and weeks of reflection is particularly stark, as member station WWNO's Rosemary Westwood reports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC ...

For 40 days every spring, Christians observe the season of repentance and fasting known as Lent. In New Orleans, the change from Mardi Gras to Lent is striking.