Webber, a New Orleans native, said Mardi Gras isn’t just a party but a cultural ... organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.

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 ...

eating king cakes and crafting beads with the green, purple and gold color scheme. The most notable festivities are held in New Orleans, where Mardi Gras Day is an official holiday that the city ...

FILE – Revelers throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel onto crowds on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities in the French Quarter in New Orleans, March 8, 2011.

Parade End Location: St. Charles Avenue & Calliope Street Thousands of revelers adorned in beads and outlandish costumes will fill the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras ...

“Mardi Gras is all about having these moments ... shortened their routes and are going without marching bands, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said. The parades wrapped ...

Image People tossed beads at each other ... away her worries to come out the weekend before Mardi Gras. “Ultimately, this is what New Orleans does,” she said. “You put all worries aside ...

Even though Bacchus seemed to roll *** little bit later than expected, there was no decrease in enthusiasm when His Majesty Bacchus the 12th, Pete Fountain, New Orleans goodwill ambassador to the ...

During that time, you can enjoy a nightly Mardi Gras parade, New Orleans jazz bands strolling the park, and concerts on most Friday and Saturday nights. All of these are included in the cost of ...

The beads. So many beads ... 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 ...