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Marking 30 years of Mardi Gras magic, Universal Orlando’s 2025 festivities promise to be unforgettable. Universal Orlando Resort is turning up the energy for its 30th annual Mardi Gras ...

With the passing of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Day, the next season of celebration is Mardi Gras. Here is when, where and how the good times will roll for Mardi Gras in the ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Carnival, is a deeply interesting celebration that contrasts excessive eating and drinking starting in January with 40 days of fasting and penance starting on Ash ...

Around the Gulf Coast, there’s also a pretty good reason to keep it up: Mardi Gras. Given the close proximity to Christmas and the start of the Mardi Gras season, Mardi Gras trees are another ...

Mardi Gras in Louisiana is a beloved holiday, and its also a notorious cultural tradition. Louisiana celebrates Mardi Gras due to the French-Catholic settlers who inhabited Louisiana during the ...

Jesters and other characters dressed in the familiar purple, green and yellow tones of Mardi Gras and a float reminiscent of those at New Orleans Carnival parades can be seen passing by in the ...

When the Mardi Gras season is in full swing, about 60 women in corsets will strut through the streets, glimmering with beaded images of Purple Drank, daiquiris, Negronis and other cocktails.

“As a born and raised native of the Mardi Gras center of the universe — New Orleans — I look forward to bringing a taste of the Big Easy to the nation's capital,” he said. One of Louisiana ...

It’s perfect for a comforting family dinner or your Mardi Gras celebrations ... towels to remove as much fat as possible; set aside. Pour fat from the Dutch oven; wipe the pan with a paper ...

He was killed in a shootout with police. “It does change the big picture of how you look at Mardi Gras and big festivals now,” Trouard said. Naturally, the police chief won't discuss some ...