This story from The Times-Picayune archives was originally published in 2019. When one of the traditional Carnival parades rambles through New Orleans’ streets in the big lead up to Mardi Gras, the ...

HOUMA, La. — Wearing costumes as part of the Carnival celebrations was once as much for parade spectators as participants, but that custom has almost completely died out. The Krewe of Tradition is ...

Mardi Gras looms mere days away. Soon, the nonstop party will start in earnest — which means there’s precious little time left to throw together a Fat Tuesday costume. But fear not, procrastinators.

It’s difficult to predict exactly where the wandering Mardi Gras Indians, also called Black Masking Indians, will appear, though North Claiborne Avenue near St. Bernard Avenue is a good bet. The ...

I was once able to shake off five days of Carnival celebration on Mardi Gras morning for one last day of colorful mayhem. That was 10 years ago, when I was still new to New Orleans. I was living in ...

Wearing costumes as part of the Carnival celebrations was once as much for parade spectators as participants, but that custom has almost completely died out. The Krewe of Tradition is hoping to change ...

Once a year, New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood comes alive in a rainbow of intricately beaded costumes and feathers, paraded through the streets in a mesmerizing “strut.” In a city known for its ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Majestic Krewe of Aurora is the founding Krewe of Mardi Gras southeast Texas. Every year they host the grand ball, and the Saturday Grand Parade, and dress up in intricate ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Mardi Gras 2016 is ...

EUNICE, La. (KLFY) — The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition is still celebrated in Cajun Country, along with its traditional costumes. However, there are few traditional costume makers left. Susana Ortego ...

The Krewe of Tradition is working to bring Mardi Gras costumes back into parade crowds in a south-central Louisiana city, with a four-hour costume-making workshop Sunday at the Bayou Terrebonne ...

NEW ORLEANS - Chief Howard Miller knows that cameras will start clicking next month when his Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians take to the streets with their elaborately beaded and feathered ...