One Lake Charles woman is giving them a new life ... “Also I would say use E-6000 or Gorilla Glue because the Mardi Gras beads are so heavy, you really need a heavy-duty glue to stick it and hold it ...

Here's the meaning behind those flashy Mardi Gras beads. If you attend a Mardi Gras ... cheering from the sidelines. Traditionally, women flash their chests to earn the biggest haul, but that's ...

In the French Quarter, known for its, um, “adult” take on Mardi Gras, women are known to flash their breasts to score their beads. Zulu coconuts are a souvenir like no other. The round ...

Think 250 million beads being tossed around randomly ... peacocks and pirates, to leggy women and dancing men. So big is ...

Many people mistakenly believe that Mardi Gras is just one day, said Christy Garrison-Harrison, an assistant professor of history and women ... parades and distribute beads featuring characters ...

Read full article: Fatal crash closes I-75 in Monroe County after woman fleeing gunshots is ... a New Orleans native who grew up catching beads at Mardi Gras parades. He now heads a nonprofit ...

This is an excerpt from the book “Mardi Gras Beads,” by Doug MacCash ... energetic male revelers peacocking before eligible young women seated on the balconies and bleachers along the parade ...

“It’s Mardi Gras, you need a mask.” That’s where the decorative extras they’ve collected over the years come into play. That includes stockpiles of beads, feathers, colorful glittered ...

The Nederland woman called her husband to tell ... So, he’ll appreciate this more than beads,” Jackson said. A hard-core Mardi Gras attendee, Jackson said she’s “been to more Mardi Gras ...

One of the earliest surviving examples of ‘throwing’ in new Orleans are Japanese mercury glass beads ... to leggy women and dancing men. So big is Mardi Gras World that it is difficult ...