Whenever you think of Mardi Gras, you probably think parades, floats and beads being thrown in the air, but there is another side of Mardi Gras that’s not as widely known outside of the Cajun and ...

For 12 years Karen Thibodeaux has made Mardi Gras costumes for people to wear as they chase chickens. Well, there’s more to it than that. In Branch, in rural Acadia Parish, Thibodeaux and her staff ...

Women in Tee-Mamou are keeping the tradition of the Cajun courir de Mardi Gras alive, going from house to house begging for gumbo ingredients and causing mischief. More than 50 women on Saturday ...

People love to joke that Carnival season, which officially begins on Twelfth Night and lasts until Mardi Gras day, causes revelers to come down with “glitter lung”—a sparkly faux-disease contracted by ...

(Daily Advertiser)– Mardi Gras is an institution in Louisiana. It’s a state holiday, a cherished tradition, and for some, a way of life that many plan for year-round. But Mardi Gras includes more than ...