To uncover the fascinating world of Mardi Gras masks, we spoke with third-generation float masker Jonathan Bertucceli ... when New Orleans became an American city in 1803, but by 1823, the Creole ...

Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is also known as Shrove Tuesday. Mardi Gras Day is the last day of Carnival season. Carnivals include balls, parties and parades with floats and costumed dancers.

Video above: The Krewe of Bacchus made beautiful floats for 1980 Mardi Gras The city’s two biggest ... to represent a central part of African American culture in the city dating back to the ...

The city of Lafayette's Mardi Gras flag now flies above Lafayette Consolidated Government at half-mast next to the state's flag and the American flag out of respect to those lives lost in New ...

You might even get lucky and catch a package of Conecuh sausage from a float during the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association ... Some will even hoist flags representing their favorite parade.