Nice, France, hosts the "Battle of the Flowers," one of the world's largest Mardi Gras celebrations. Elaborate floats adorned with 3,000 flowers parade along the famous Promenade des Anglais.

Mardi Gras, also often called Carnival or Carnaval, is celebrated in countries around the world with large Roman Catholic populations. Louisiana was colonized first by the French before it became ...

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Mardi Gras World offers a close-up look at some of the flamboyant floats and costumes used during New Orleans' famous party. One thing to know upfront: This isn't a museum – it's a warehouse ...

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

we get people to come from all over the world. They never see us because we’re in our own communities." “Why we’re in our communities? Because they wouldn’t let us be apart of Mardi Gras.

While today New Orleans is the nexus of Mardi Gras celebrations in the U.S., it actually started around 140 miles east ... for the first time in the New World by French pioneers at Twenty-Seven ...

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.

Mardi Gras floats “could become unstable” and heavy winds could “blow down trees and power lines,” the National Weather Service warned, adding gusts of up to 60 mph (97 kph) were expected ...

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In a city of around 400,000 residents, Mardi Gras weekend can easily welcome over 1 million visitors from around the world. In addition to the Bourbon Street changes, the report highlights ...