“It has beads on it all the time, we call it our Mardi Gras tree,” said UL junior Alliyah ... and stared at it and took a million pictures of it and just loved it.” Rovin later wrote a ...

After returning home from attending the first Mardi Gras parade of the season, they decided to throw all of the gold, green and purple beads on the tree. Despite the mysterious origins of the idea ...

See photos of ... the annual Mardi Gras parade in Havre de Grace on Tuesday. (Brian Krista/staff photo) A supporter of Soroptimist International of Havre de Grace tosses beads to the crowd during ...

WDSU's Cassie Schirm is dressed up as a bead tree It's estimated that an average of 25 million pounds of plastic beads are tossed in Mardi Gras each year in the city. Pair that with more than 1 ...

Mardi Gras beads dangling from tree limbs are a lovely sight, but the broken ones strewed about the asphalt and grass are not as picturesque. To combat the leftover Mardi Gras litter, LSU's ...

Nicole Richie/Instagram Nicole Richie took a trip to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras 2025 with friends. "I lost my glasses, but found some beads ... a carousel of photos and videos.

The city's annual series of parades began more than a week ago and will close out on Tuesday — Mardi Gras — a final ... uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground ...