In 2019, Thoth officials investigated an incident where someone threw blue and red beads featuring the word “Rebel” in front of a Confederate flag. That rider was removed from the krewe.

Children play with the beads that were being handed out during the annual Mardi Gras celebration on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at Snowmass Base Village. Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times Queen Sherrill ...

Cheap plastic beads often end up in landfills and can clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system. That’s led to more calls to ditch them altogether.

The Mardi Gras Store in Port Arthur has beads, decorations, ... like local Blue Santa programs and more. “For the krewes, this is about community” and doing good, Hebert said.

Saturday morning kicked off the 39th annual Youngsville Mardi Gras Parade. Parade goers dressed to impress, sporting a variety of vibrant and creative outfits in honor of the celebration.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers. But environmentalists ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

Celebrate Mardi Gras 2023 in the Washington, D.C., area with king cake, hurricanes, live music, beads, a parade at The Wharf and more.