The first Mardi Gras balls in South Mississippi were presented more than 100 years ago and continue today with pageantry, secrecy and elaborate costumes. The pages of the Daily Herald and Sun Herald — ...

GULF COAST, Miss. (WLOX) - On Sunday, seamstress Shelia Gray of Vancleave showed off some of her finest handmade Mardi Gras costumes. In less than a month, the streets of the Mississippi Gulf Coast ...

Happy Mardi Gras to all the glue gun wielders and DIY costumers in New Orleans. Here are a few that caught our eye. The members of Krewe des Fleurs make their own flower costumes every year. Photo: ...

EUNICE, La. (KLFY) — The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition is still celebrated in Cajun Country, along with its traditional costumes. However, there are few traditional costume makers left. Susana Ortego ...

This story from The Times-Picayune archives was originally published in 2019. When one of the traditional Carnival parades rambles through New Orleans’ streets in the big lead up to Mardi Gras, the ...

It’s difficult to predict exactly where the wandering Mardi Gras Indians, also called Black Masking Indians, will appear, though North Claiborne Avenue near St. Bernard Avenue is a good bet. The ...

San Nicholas was a New Orleans character if there ever was one — the kind who could talk for hours about his life and have the listeners convinced by conversation’s end that they needed to write a ...

GRAND MARAIS, La. — It's no secret that Mardi Gras is Louisiana's "thing" — and while it's a BIG deal in Acadiana, perhaps no one does it bigger than Grand Marais — and in the most literal sense of ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The first Mobile Mardi Gras Parade is only a few days away, but Mardi Gras balls for the 2025 season are already in full swing. “An occasion for a person is very special, and we ...