Carnivals are festive celebrations, often involving public parades, street parties, and elaborate costumes, that mark the end of Lent or are part of tradition. Carnivals also exist as vibrant cultural ...

New Orleans officials gathered Thursday night to review the successful Mardi Gras season, focusing on public safety, inappropriate throws, and sustainable practices and more.

After 32 years away, Anthony Hingle Jr. is back in town, continuing the work of his father, Flagboy Meathead, a legend among ...

In New Orleans, some African Americans mask in elaborate beaded and feathered Mardi Gras Indian suits, roving the city to sing, dance, drum and perform. The tradition, a central part of the Black ...

Carnival Season's final parades in Louisiana's most populous city, which is world-famous for its Mardi Gras bash ... people donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New ...

Carnival season has come to a close ... with 43 days from Jan. 6 to Fat Tuesday on Feb. 17. Why isn't Mardi Gras on the same day? Mardi Gras falls on a different date each year because it ...

(AP Photo/Juan Karita) Revellers wearing traditional carnival masks take part in Shrovetide celebrations, in Rumsiskes village, some 89 kilometres (56 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

As the sun rose on Fat Tuesday, people donning skeleton masks and antlers on ... hold their own Mardi Gras Day parades. The weeks of Carnival culminate with feasting on Fat Tuesday, which precedes ...

NEW ORLEANS — People donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered ... Florida, hold their own Mardi Gras Day parades. The weeks of carnival culminate with feasting on Fat Tuesday, which ...