Similar celebrations are held across Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. Mobile, Alabama, lays claim to the nation’s oldest Mardi Gras celebration. And other lavish Carnival celebrations in ...

Originally envisioned as a broader exploration of Mardi Gras across Mobile, New Orleans, and Southeast Louisiana ... “There were boot bruises on my shoulders from participants climbing on ...

Mardi Gras, also often called Carnival or Carnaval, is celebrated in countries around the world with large Roman Catholic populations. Louisiana was colonized first by the French before it became ...

Mardi Gras in Louisiana is a beloved holiday, and its also a notorious cultural tradition. Louisiana celebrates Mardi Gras due to the French-Catholic settlers who inhabited Louisiana during the ...

The 2025 Krewe of Bacchus parade takes place during Mardi Gras 2025 on March 2, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) Meanwhile, officials in Jefferson Parish ...

Similar celebrations are held across Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. Mobile, Alabama, lays claim to the nation’s oldest Mardi Gras celebration. And other lavish Carnival celebrations in ...