mardi gras

It's definitely not a Mardi Gras parade: Those can only be held during Mardi Gras, the period before Lent.

Carnival celebrations are taking place around the world ahead of Mardi Gras, and the world's largest cruise ship is poised to set sail. But travel is also being impacted by Covid restrictions and the Ukraine invasion.

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People are out to party as New Orleans’ first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020 dawns Tuesday, with a day of back-to-back parades through the city and masks against COVID-19 required only in indoor public spaces.

Tons of people flooded the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana for Mardi Gras Day, celebrating 150 years of Rex James Reiss III during Fat Tuesday on March 1, 2022.

"Pastalaya is a great dish from the New Orleans Area taking the traditional Jambalaya and switching out the rice for pasta," says Melanie Cagle of The Cagle Diaries.

While Americans partied in the streets for Mardi Gras, a totally different Fat Tuesday tradition hit this English town — hard. Watch as violence breaks out among players at the annual Atherstone Ball Game in Warwickshire, UK. Wild video shows fists...

From beads and boas to stuffed animals, this nonprofit takes nearly everything that could be tossed from a parade float.

The incident happened early Saturday morning as Carnival’s Mardi Gras was returning to central Florida.

The Mardi Gras Carnival cruise ship rescued 16 people from a small boat in distress in open seas near Cuba Friday as a dangerous tropical storm raged across the region.

Two vampires dancing? Fine. Too men? That's another story.

After Mel Gibson was nixed as one of the grand marshals of the Endymion krewe's Mardi Gras parade, a group members exposes the behind-the-scenes drama that led to it.

On a sunny winter morning heralding a radiant Mardi Gras, Beatrice and Karl Kersten don’t have a minute to spare.

"We really wanted this to be a safe Mardi Gras."

A suspect is in custody after one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting Sunday night along a Mardi Gras parade route ahead of the city's raucous celebration this week.

A heckler approached former UFC champion Dustin Poirier at a Mardi Gras parade in Louisiana with a sign that said, "Hey Dustin, your wife's in my DM's."

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the first leader of the country to take part in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in the event's 45-year history.

It's time for Mommy Gras.

The former footballer said he was "waiting" for Kotb to "drunk FaceTime" him back.

"The rowdiness ... and party-like atmosphere often lend themselves to questionable behavior - like how three grown men behaved a few days ago."