Watch as Mardi Gras celebrations take place throughout New Orleans on Tuesday, March 4, otherwise known as Fat Tuesday.

Some of our favorite morning show anchors from TODAY are headed to the New Orleans to take in the atmosphere of celebrate Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras, also known as 'Fat Tuesday' is March 4 ...

Though one thing was certain of the Gothic novelist: her love for New Orleans and its culture ... welcomed in what his family called the "Mardi Gras house," whether they were on the 50-page ...

NEW ORLEANS — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi ... year's Mardi Gras Day fell unusually late in the year. But the outsized culture of street parties, extravagant ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The heightened police presence in New Orleans during Mardi Gras helped deliver one ... During the weeks ...

The parties. The beads ... Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity ...

“While best known for parties, costumes and beads ... The importance of Mardi Gras to New Orleans has been proven over centuries. The deep connection was perhaps most notable in 2006, when ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades and partying, leaving behind an avalanche of waste. At dawn Wednesday ...

Even though Bacchus seemed to roll *** little bit later than expected, there was no decrease in enthusiasm when His Majesty Bacchus the 12th, Pete Fountain, New Orleans goodwill ambassador to the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP ... As a result, this year’s Mardi Gras Day falls unusually late in the year. But the outsized culture of street parties, extravagant balls and spirited parades has evolved ...

NEW ORLEANS ... heads gathered in New Orleans' historic Treme neighborhood as the sun rose Tuesday, determined to beat an expected storm and celebrate Mardi Gras Day as they always have.