For starters, Mardi Gras traditions are in full effect in the Big Easy and many parts of the world like Brazil, Italy, and Trinidad and Tobago on the last Tuesday before Lent — the six-week period ...

Mardi Gras Sayings About Beads Beads and bling, it's a Mardi Gras thing. Throw me something! From bead to shining bead. Keep calm and throw on. Beads and bling: It’s a Mardi Gras thing. Everywhere ...

Mardi Gras Fun Facts 1. "Mardi Gras" translates directly to "Fat Tuesday." 2. Mardi Gras is the final day of carnival celebrations before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. 3.

Mardi Gras is here. Carnival season festivities will close Tuesday in spectacular fashion with colorful parades, glitzy beads and masked celebrants. Mardi Gras is celebrated around the globe and has ...

Gulf Shores Parade Comic Cowboys MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG News 5 is your home for Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast. We’re covering parades all Tuesday, with live coverage from downtown Mobile.

What is Fat Tuesday? In religious sectors, Epiphany, Three Kings Day or Día de Reyes is celebrated on Jan. 6 and marks the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of Mardi Gras.

Today is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, the last day of the Carnival season. It's celebrated in New Orleans and around the United States and the world with parades, balls and parties.

It's Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday — time to kick off the 2025 Easter season, followed by Ash Wednesday which will give way to the start of the Lent. Unlike many other holidays, the dates of Easter ...

Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is synonymous with revelry before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Festivities begin on Jan. 6, known as the Feast of the Epiphany, Twelfth Night or Three ...