With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

Mardi Gras 2025 may not have been the biggest on record, but it was the biggest post-pandemic Carnival, with hotel occupancy averaging nearly 90% for the five-day weekend and businesses owners ...

“I’ve never missed a Mardi Gras and I never will,” she added ... for its resilience — there were signs of anxiety amid the merriment. Among other things, the promise of tourism dollars ...

Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter. Fat Tuesday is the English translation of Mardi Gras. While Mardi Gras ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday ... patrols and just their normal duty looking for people who are sharing signs of impairment on the road,” Schreffler said. Impairment can happen after ...

Mardi Gras is almost over. Beginning as a religious holiday observed prior to the Christian Lenten season, Mardi Gras has since expanded from a single day of observation to weeks (or months ...

Get your beads and King Cakes out! Mardi Gras is officially upon us! The annual celebration is one of the most iconic cultural events in the United States, known for exuberant parades, festive ...

"I have to look at the safety first," the parish president said. Parades on Mardi Gras day have been canceled in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and altered in New Orleans due to the dangers posed by ...

Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday are celebrated on the same day, which is Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Mardi Gras marks the end of the pre-Lenten season, while Fat Tuesday is a feast day before the fasting ...

Waste from Mardi Gras awaiting collection in the French Quarter ... more of a movement than an individual project.” A positive sign, he says, is that “throws” — the trinkets that float ...

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