Learn about the history of some of the most popular Mardi Gras traditions so you can celebrate in New Orleans the right way!

Musicians and Fat Tuesday marchers have made their way through 18th & Vine, the Crossroads, and the Westside neighborhood for decades — rain, sleet or snow. The colorfully-dressed revelers, known as ...

Mardi Gras celebrations call for a king cake, clad in green, purple, and gold sprinkles. Here's the history of the holiday food, from Europe to New Orleans.

“Everything is Mardi Gras colors – purple, green, and gold,” says Advocacy Center Development Specialist Tifani Pinson. “We have a really cool Mardi Gras façade of a French Quarter.

Today, most King cakes are decorated in the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold and contain a plastic figurine of baby Jesus inside as a nod to the Magi. If Fat Tuesday is on Tuesday ...

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 is the final day of carnival celebrations before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. 3. Most carnival celebrations ... The official colors of Mardi Gras are purple, gold and green.