Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more disciplined and give up habits for 40 days.

Mardi Gras happens every year. It's the day before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday starts Lent for Christians. Lent is when people give things up. Mardi Gras is a big party before that.

Members of the LOUD Neighbors Brass Band were silhouetted as they played in front of one of the dozens of Mardi Gras images that added to the celebration that was Saturday’s Mardi Gras ...