Both were part of the revival of Mardi Gras Galveston in 1985. Among the new floats added this year highlight the parade's theme, "The Emerald City: Mardi Gras in Oz." Parade Marshal Mike Tramonte ...

“Put it in an empty plastic milk jug (all the better for transporting onto your parade float), and then ... glass of this legendary New Orleans sip. It’s a Mardi Gras tradition worth toasting ...

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat ... a 40-year-old Krewe of Zulu member who grew up watching the parade, rode a float and tossed his hand-painted coconuts to onlookers.

The floats. The costumes ... Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials rushed to reschedule Mardi Gras celebrations and warned ... s traditionally raucous annual rite of parades of floats and costumed merrymakers remained scheduled ...

Krewe of Zulu member Jeremy Speed, 40, holds a hand-painted coconuts he plans to throw into the crowd as he ride atop a float for a Mardi Gras Day parade on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS — Zulu and Rex will both roll early with no marching krewes, bands or truck floats in an ... Monday that the parades will remain canceled for Mardi Gras Day as wind gusts pose ...

the 22-year-old Louisiana State University gymnastics team member posted an Instagram carousel highlighting her Mardi Gras festivities, including riding on top of a float in New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans moved up its two biggest Mardi Gras Day parades and cut down their ... though Fat Tuesday's traditionally raucous annual rite of parades of floats and costumed merrymakers remained ...