Known for its spectacular parades, floats, marching bands, throws, and King cake, Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration in ...

A successful Mardi Gras used to be measured by how much waste it produced. Now, the world's largest free festival is trying ...

Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition, filled with fun, families and often, a lot of booze. But there's something really ...

Recycling isn't exactly the right word for what happens to New Orleans' Mardi Gras beads. Aside from those used for art projects, they aren't being melted down and turned into something new.

The Mardi Gras Indians continue to evolve with the times, yet they remain a lasting reflection of the foundation of deep ...

Indians—or Black Maskers, as many practitioners now prefer to be called—resilience isn’t just woven into the culture ...

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

Mardi Gras was brought to Louisiana in the 18th century by French settlers Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Sieur de Bienville ...

Indians have a rich cultural history in New Orleans dating back to the 19th century. A queen in one tribe says this is her last year parading and she’s concerned about how her culture continues to be ...

So many beads. Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition ... Cart Blackwell, Mobile Carnival Museum Curator "They encompass the fine art of sculpture, literary currents in their diverse array ...