Mardi Gras colors are purple (representing justice), gold (power) and green (faith). Amazon has many options for decorations and accessories, from dramatic eye masks to stylish beads. Here are ...

indulging in delicious and colorful king cakes and donning elaborate Mardi Gras masks. But have you ever wondered about the ...

Between masks, balls and throws, it can be difficult to plan your look. To help you out, we've compiled some resources to help you look your best this Mardi Gras season. Masks are fabulous.

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 ...

Mardi Gras is all about the parades. Giant floats, extravagant costumes, loud music, decorative masks and, of course, infamous beads. Even if you don't find yourself in New Orleans for the holiday ...

Every year, she gets commissions for purple, green, and gold masks to wear at Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, and last year, the organizer of that city’s Mardi Gras Mask Market invited her to ...

Green represents faith. And gold is for power. Besides the famous beads, Mardi Gras—February 13 this year—is best known for the colorful masks that revelers wear. Mask-wearing dates back to ...

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.

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” For the Bryan Museum in Galveston’s annual Mardi Gras exhibit, program director and curator Meg Tucker wanted something that once again ...

Barry Ancelet’s experience with south Louisiana Mardi Gras runs began in the saddle of a borrowed horse in Mamou in 1977. It hasn’t ended yet. The professor emeritus from the University of ...