Here's the meaning behind those flashy Mardi Gras beads. If you attend a Mardi Gras parade, you can expect a few things: a visual spectacle, loud music, elaborate floats and costumes, excellent ...

Mardi Gras parades have a reputation for making a lot ... the tossing of plastic beads into the crowd. Matt Bloom with Member station WWNO takes us on a recent parade on the streets of New Orleans ...

While many think of parades, beads and floats, the Cajun Mardi Gras, particularly the Courir de Mardi Gras, offers a uniquely different experience. The tradition of Mardi Gras began as a Catholic ...

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“We all made light of the situation because nobody wanted to ruin the Mardi Gras vibe,” he ... Identical beads were thrown during the Cleopatra parade in 2022.

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The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

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.

Some Mardi Gras parades are banning one of their most colorful traditions - tossing out plastic beads. Organizers are trying to cut down on the millions of pounds of trash they make each year.

Mardi Gras parades have a reputation for making a lot of trash. But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic beads ...