Mardi Gras participants throw beads to celebrants on Bourbon Street on Feb. 21, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras participants throw beads to celebrants on Bourbon Street on Feb. 21, 2023 in ...

It is Carnival season in New Orleans. That means gazillions of green, gold and purple Mardi Gras beads.Once made of glass and cherished by parade spectators who ...

Throwing and catching gold, green, and purple beads is a cherished Mardi Gras tradition, but as it turns out, these petroleum-based plastic beads have a heavy impact ...

New Orleans has the biggest annual Mardi Gras celebration in the United States, and the festivities are in full swing as "Fat ...

Revelers reach for trinkets as Endymion rolls in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, to the theme, "Silents are Golden." Sydney Raymond reigned as queen and Andrew Morris Bahary as king and over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)— Shreveport Green is collecting Mardi Gras beads throughout the city until March 30th to divert waste ...

Louisiana recognizes Fat Tuesday as a legal holiday, here's how the state celebrates from Cajun village gatherings to elaborate city-wide parades.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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 ...