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Every year, cities across the United States pause in March to celebrate an annual festival known as Mardi Gras. The celebrations are most concentrated in areas such as New Orleans, Mobile, and other ...

While New Orleans usually gets all the attention during the Mardi Gras season, many states in the Deep South go all out when ...

Arc of Acadiana is collecting beads for its annual Mardi Gras Bead Drive, an initiative to support individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities across Acadiana. Through this ...

NEW ORLEANS — You probably have a big bag of Mardi Gras beads in your home right now. Or maybe you've already recycled them to one of the non-profits. But now one krewe hopes to lighten your load next ...

GULF COAST, Miss. (WLOX) - The North Bay Civitan Club is partnering with other organizations for the “Beads for Special Needs” Mardi Gras bead recycling program. Starting Thursday, February 1, these ...

If you've ever been to a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, then you're probably familiar with the sea of unwanted beads, flashing toys and plastic packaging left in the wake of the last float to pass ...

Upon accepting a coveted invitation to the Rex Mardi Gras ball, the dazzling conclusion to New Orleans’ Carnival season, the first thing I learned is that my husband’s tuxedo would never do. This was ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring ...