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The name comes from the literal English translation of the French phrase "Mardi Gras". In New Orleans and all across the country, the day is celebrated with parades, balls and festivities.

Mardi Gras is the name used in the United States for the weeks-long festivities known as Carnival in other parts of the world. The final day of the celebrations takes place on Fat Tuesday ...

(WKRG) — For one krewe in Baldwin County, this year was the first time celebrating Mardi Gras as a parading society ... The krewe is 160 members strong, and the theme for their first ride ...

Mardi Gras is going to be a rough one weather-wise for the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas, with the threat of dangerously high winds arriving early and thunderstorms in the afternoon ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH — With the theme "There's No Place Like Home," the Imperial Mardi Gras Parade rolled through Opelousas Tuesday, celebrating local pride and Mardi Gras spirit. The parade ...

Jazz clarinetist and New Orleans native Pete Fountain was monarch during this oceanic-themed parade. Watch the video to see giant, life-like parade floats from a 1980 Mardi Gras celebration.