NEW ORLEANS, La. — It’s carnival season in New Orleans with weeks of parades, all leading up to one day: Mardi Gras. Part of the parade appeal includes all the throws you can catch, like beads, from ...

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NEW ORLEANS — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with ...

New Orleans Souvenirs range from Mardi Gras Beads to fun t-shirts. These are some of our favorite souvenirs from New Orleans, Louisiana, including some you can order online. When it comes to gifts and ...

Livvy Dunne is the — unofficial — queen of Mardi Gras. On Sunday, March 2, the 22-year-old Louisiana State University ...

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When I was a kid my family used to send a portion of the Mardi Gras beads we scored every year to our cousins in the Northeast. Apparently these plastic trinkets were something of a curiosity to them, ...