While Fat Tuesday is most often associated with colorful beads and parades in New Orleans, the holiday has a long history and interesting traditions. In the United States, the first-ever Fat ...

Fat Tuesday also precedes Ash Wednesday, marking the first day of Lent, a period that lasts for forty days. Easter Sunday will be celebrated on April 20. A rider throws beads to the crowd as the ...

Fat Tuesday, which translates to Mardi Gras in ... green and gold. Colorful and flashy beads are a must when it comes to accessorizing, but if you’re headed to a parade, you’ll find no ...

while the largest parades happen on Fat Tuesday, according to Webber from Grambling State. Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such ...

For many of those participants, the day before lent begins is considered a celebration. "Fat Tuesday," as it's known, is observed as a last hurrah before six weeks of sacrifice. It's no ...

Shey Bland prepares to serve a pair of hurricanes Tuesday during a Fat Tuesday celebration at Ozark Beer Co. in Rogers. The brewery hosted the event that featured crawfish, beads, hurricane drinks ...

The weather was perfect for a Mardi Gras celebration: The sun was out, the sky was blue, and it was raining green, gold, and purple beads. The Snowmass Mardi Gras king and queen paraded around ...

Here's what you should know about Fat Tuesday before bidding farewell to the 2025 Mardi Gras season. More: Pensacola's Mardi Gras is more than booze and beads. It's changed our city and its people ...

While it's also known as Mardi Gras — and they're surely celebrating up a storm with parades, costumes and literally tons of beads in New Orleans — in Metro Detroit, Fat Tuesday is Paczki Day.

Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of Downtown Mobile for Fat Tuesday, catching beads, MoonPies and more. “Fat Tuesday y’all know I love Mardi Gras,” Taylor Johnson said as ...

The festivities include parades throughout the historic French Quarter, as revelers eat king cakes and toss green, purple, and gold beads into ... what to know about Fat Tuesday, including which ...