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Spring Hill Elementary speech students got a festive lesson when they crafted their own Mardi Gras masks. Jill Shedd is one of two speech language pathologists who teaches upper grade level ...

Way before COVID and its related mask requirements, New Orleans was all about masks for Mardi Gras. Anyone riding a float is required — by law — to wear a mask, which has yielded decorative ...

Mardi Gras Indians are particularly noted for their hand-sewn costumes, some of which take an entire year to create and can cost thousands of dollars and weigh as much as 150 pounds — and are only ...

Known for its spectacular parades, floats, marching bands, throws, and King cake, Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration in New Orleans. The first recorded Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans took ...

Carnival season is in full effect and has been for weeks. Now, it's almost time for Mardi Gras! Beginning as a religious holiday observed prior to the Christian Lenten season, Mardi Gras has ...

The Carnival season will end on Mardi Gras, which is now one week away! From parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday.

LaGrange’s family-friendly Mardi Gras parade, Krewe of Mask, will again fill downtown streets with frivolity on Saturday. The parade kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, with its ...

If you’re walking in a parade, every manner of glitter, sequin, sparkle, and feather is required for outlandish costumes that fit your krewe’s parading theme, and masks (a tradition that started so ...