Mardi Gras is a well-known and cherished holiday in Louisiana, with its parades, marching bands, beads and balls. But Mardi Gras is more than parades and doubloons. In southwest Louisiana ...

To get to the heart of last night's Manassas Mardi Gras celebration ... dancing to Aretha Franklin and pushing her new gold-speckled mask close to her face. A stranger had given her the beak ...

Around the food court, dozens of kids were adorned in tiaras and masks colored purple, green and gold for Mardi Gras, which is Tuesday ... kids a bag with a craft, coloring pictures, and either ...