If you want to unearth the history and origins of Mardi Gras, the iconic Mardi Gras colors are a good place to start ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of revelers adorned in beads and outlandish costumes will fill the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day despite anticipated severe storms.

To march and throw beads at events, wearing masks and costumes of purple, green and gold — for justice, faith and power. Here are our picks for Mardi Gras events ... Coors or Blue Moon draft ...

NEW ORLEANS — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early ... people donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New Orleans ...

We were also reminded that at Mardi Gras, people liked to mask, and there would be some unique ... A man in a beautiful blue feathered costume was descending the stairs. The emcee asked me my ...

There are seahorses wearing mardi gras masks, a replica steamboat ... Another float, covered in fireworks and red-white-and-blue decorations, will be repainted to look like Laclede’s Landing.