This week, across the New Orleans area, descendants of Sicilian immigrants will lay out elaborate altars laden with food and ...

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

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will ...

The outfits (like a krewe of Anne Kirkpatricks) were wacky, wonderful and weird, as thousands took over the streets in the ...

There will be plenty of parades in New Orleans leading up to Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. on March 4. Here's what you need to know.

the Christian season of preparation for Easter. Carnival celebrations have become thoroughly secularized in New Orleans, where the largest and best-known celebrations in the U.S. include street ...

the Christian season of preparation for Easter. FILE – Rex, the King of Carnival, rides in the Krewe of Rex as he arrives at Canal St. on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, March 8, 2011.

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the 40-day Lenten season that culminates with Easter. While one of the most famous Mardi Gras celebrations is in New Orleans, the holiday is celebrated across the ...

Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more disciplined and give ...

The city’s two biggest parades are set to go on with earlier start times, shorter routes, and no marching bands, New Orleans ...