From parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras will conclude weeks of partying, parades and eating lots and ...

Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of Downtown Mobile for Fat Tuesday, catching beads, MoonPies and more. “Fat Tuesday y’all know I love Mardi Gras,” Taylor Johnson said as ...

Get your beads and King Cakes out ... festive music and indulgent foods. Fat Tuesday, the grand finale, marks the culmination ...

"Beads and bling: It's a Mardi Gras thing ... competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday." — Bryan Batt 22. "Hey mister, throw me one of those." ...

62. Coins and Mardi Gras beads are sometimes dubbed "doubloons." 63. In England, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, Fat Tuesday is called "Shrove Tuesday." 64. Pancakes are a popular meal ...

The Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade, Biloxi’s only parade on Fat Tuesday ... parade in Biloxi on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Parade watchers catch beads and other throws during ...