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Mardi Gras 2025: Boozy jello shots to milky punch, clink cheers to Fat Tuesday with these one-of-a-kind cocktails!
3 weeks ago

Mardi Gras 2025: Boozy jello shots to milky punch, clink cheers to Fat Tuesday with these one-of-a-kind cocktails!

Hindustan Times  

As they say on Mardi Gras, "let the good times roll"!. March 4 is officially Fat Tuesday and you deserve to celebrate it by screaming cheers to some very New Orlean-esque cocktails. Mardi Gras cocktail recipes to celebrate Fat Tuesday King Cake Jello Shots Ingredients: Premade lemonade - 1.75 cups, plain gelatin - 4 envelopes, vodka - 1.25 cups, condensed …

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Despite weather concerns, New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras Day and bids farewell to Carnival season
3 weeks ago

Despite weather concerns, New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras Day and bids farewell to Carnival season

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the afternoon. Members of the Talladega College band perform during the Zulu parade on Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in New Orleans. Revelers vie for throws during the …

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New Orleans Mardi Gras: Beads, masks, floats & an extravaganza like no other
3 weeks, 2 days ago

New Orleans Mardi Gras: Beads, masks, floats & an extravaganza like no other

Hindustan Times  

In New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, I, surely, wasn’t ready for the mad ride and ceaseless exhilaration. Swathed in the New Orleans Mardi Gras madness, I forgot to peep into history and etymology. The first recorded Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans took place on February 24, 1857, that was led by the Mistick Krewe of Comus, a secret …

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A look at Louisiana’s Mardi Gras festivities through the years
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

A look at Louisiana’s Mardi Gras festivities through the years

Associated Press  

After a weekslong pre-Lenten bash — complete with elaborate parades that meander through New Orleans, shimmery beads tossed from floats, streets lined with costumed revelers, lavish balls and seafood boils — Louisiana’s 2025 Carnival Season is approaching its grand conclusion. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Zulu queen Crystal Monique Guillemet waves to …

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Here’s how to enjoy a plant-based Mardi Gras without forgoing any of the fun
2 years, 1 month ago

Here’s how to enjoy a plant-based Mardi Gras without forgoing any of the fun

Salon  

When it comes to celebrating Mardi Gras, extravagance and debauchery are key. Related Journeying through New Orleans for the best vegan king cakes If you're looking to enjoy a more plant-based Mardi Gras this year, fret not! Here to help us prepare our vegan Mardi Gras menu is Salon's Nights and Weekends Editor Kelly McClure, who recently switched over to …

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MoonPies and Merry Widows: Mardi Gras hits Mobile, Alabama
3 years ago

MoonPies and Merry Widows: Mardi Gras hits Mobile, Alabama

Associated Press  

MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama’s port city danced and squealed to the prime event of its Carnival season on Sunday, a quirky bash honoring the man credited with helping make the nation’s first Mardi Gras celebration what it is — a smaller, toned-down version of New Orleans’ mega-party. Joe Cain Day, named for a clerk who started Mobile’s modern Mardi Gras …

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African-American tradition returns to Carnival
12 years, 2 months ago

African-American tradition returns to Carnival

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The “baby dolls,” an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans’ African-American community, are on again. Around New Orleans neighborhoods, you might catch a glimpse of other baby doll troupes with names like the Gold Digger Baby Dolls, the Treme Million Dollar Baby Dolls and the Ernie K-Doe Baby Dolls. And the LSU Press has just …

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