Festivities across the city include elaborate parades, eating king cake and sharing bead necklaces with gold, green and purple. Mardi Gras, which literally means "Fat Tuesday" in French ...

Fat Tuesday is the culmination of the Carnival season and the day before the start of Lent. It’s marked with parades, balls and celebrations. Fat Tuesday is the English translation of Mardi Gras.

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday. Many parades are on a modified parade route to avoid anticipated severe weather. Stay here for all the live updates from ...

It includes parades with themed floats and an exclusive ball ahead of Lent. Mardi Gras, which literally means "Fat Tuesday" in French, is a celebration that marks the close of the pre-Lenten ...

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 ...

Impending severe weather has already caused changes and cancellations to New Orleans parades on Fat Tuesday. But what about South Mississippi’s three day parades on Tuesday? According to Megan ...

Thousands of revelers lined the streets of Biloxi on Tuesday despite the threat of weather. The Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade, Biloxi’s only parade on Fat Tuesday ...