Every year, cities across the United States pause in March to celebrate an annual festival known as Mardi Gras. The celebrations are most concentrated in areas such as New Orleans, Mobile, and ...

From dresses and skirts to colorful beads and even boots ... unique twists on classic Mardi Gras attire. Jordyn Menard, another community member, shared how her outfit came together.

the beads and the king cake, few festive occasions can measure up to how much we let loose during Carnival season. However, there is much more to Mardi Gras than booze, costumes and hedonism ...

“While best known for parties, costumes and beads, Mardi Gras has religious origins in the Catholic calendar as well as in pre-Christian pagan celebrations,” HuffPost tells us ...

The floats. The costumes. The parties. The beads. So many beads. Mardi Gras is a long-standing tradition, filled with fun, families and often, a lot of booze. But there's something really ...

“Mardi Gras is all about having these moments ... Thousands of revelers sporting beads and outlandish costumes filled the streets as New Orleans prepared to celebrate just ahead of bad weather.