Along with beads, masks are an integral part of any Mardi Gras celebration. Though masks have been used all over the world for centuries, this Mardi Gras tradition started in the early days of ...

Service" will run twice daily with stops in Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport and Bay St. Louis, though exact schedules and fares ...

An iconic Mardi Gras tradition has received a sustainable makeover. Brightly-colored plastic beads are a familiar sight at New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebrations. But, NPR has reported, some parade ...

beads, doubloons, tomahawks and the only Zulu coconut I’ve ever received on Mardi Gras morning. We had more energy back then — didn’t mind chasing floats or hoisting the firstborn onto our ...

Its a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans ... But the huge amount of non-biodegradable plastic beads that wind up amid all the other Mardi Gras trash worries environmentalists.