This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: When is Mardi Gras? More on Fat Tuesday, New Orleans' cultural celebration The cultural celebration called Mardi Gras (also known as Fat ...

A 'Zulu' parade at New Orleans Mardi Gras has upset South Africans over its caricature of black people. Here's what ...

Mardi Gras, also known as "Fat Tuesday," is a lively, week-long celebration in New Orleans that culminates on the day before Ash Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday. Many parades are on a modified parade route to avoid anticipated severe weather. Stay here for all the live updates from ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

A member of the Zulu parade holds a pair of coconuts on Mardi Gras day, February 5, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras day, or Fat Tuesday, is a celebration the day before Lent begins on ...

A few hundred revelers danced their way through the streets of downtown Oakland last night to celebrate Fat Tuesday, New Orleans-style. Horns blaring and drums pounding out the rhythm, M.J.’s ...

Fat Tuesday ... roots — Fat Tuesday specifically refers to the practice of eating a fattened calf in preparation for the fasting that takes place during Lent. While today New Orleans is the ...

The last few years have not been kind to Long Island’s Cajun and Creole restaurants. Biscuits & Barbeque in Mineola closed last year and Mara’s Southern Kitchen in Syosset closed in 2022 — though Mara ...

Observed in New Orleans, the Carnival season began on ... Mardi Gras, which literally means "Fat Tuesday" in French, is a celebration that marks the close of the pre-Lenten season, according ...