Saturday morning kicked off the 39th annual Youngsville Mardi Gras Parade. Parade goers dressed to impress, sporting a variety of vibrant and creative outfits in honor of the celebration.

— It’s carnival season in New Orleans with weeks of parades, all leading up to one day: Mardi Gras. Part of the parade appeal includes all the throws you can catch, like beads, from floats.

Joshua Hazel and Christina G. were excited to participate in a Mardi Gras parade with other Cybertruck owners. The parade turned hostile with alcohol, beads, and insults hurled at the Cybertrucks.

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.

“The waste is becoming a defining characteristic of this event,” said Brett Davis, a New Orleans native who grew up catching beads at Mardi Gras parades. He now heads a nonprofit that works to ...

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Its Very Being Is Tied to Religion “While best known for parties, costumes and beads, Mardi Gras has religious origins in the Catholic calendar as well as in pre-Christian pagan celebrations ...

The 15th annual Mardi Gras Columbia Festival at City Roots Farm brought music, dancing, and a colorful parade to celebrate the season in style. Trump Says US Has 'Power Over Canada' What to know ...

Grab a spot, bang the drum and get into the parade. If you haven’t been to Mobile, you should check it out. After all, that ...

While some of the traditions are super famous, like king cake, beads, jazz and parades in New Orleans, there's a lot about Mardi Gras you may not know!