/tags/mardi-gras Mardi Gras en-US WLRN Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:07:00 GMT /2022-03-09/no-floats-or-beads-at-this-mardi-gras-but-there-are-chickens Faquetaigue Courir de Mardi Gras is all about chickens, mischief and gumbo. Photographer Bryan Tarnowski captured it all. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:07:00 GMT /2022-03-09/no-floats-or-beads-at-this-mardi-gras-but-there-are-chickens Catie Dull /news/2021-02-16/mardi-gras-mix-documentary-trumpets-new-orleans-and-americas-debt-to-haiti On Mardi Gras, 'Kanaval' host Leyla McCalla talks about the rich cultural connection between New Orleans music — meaning, really, American music — and Haiti. Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:00:28 GMT /news/2021-02-16/mardi-gras-mix-documentary-trumpets-new-orleans-and-americas-debt-to-haiti Tim Padgett /news/2021-02-16/in-a-year-without-parades-mardi-gras-in-new-orleans-is-all-about-house-floats New Orleans officials canceled all the Mardi Gras parades this year. But that didn't stop some residents from getting into the spirit anyway. They decorated their houses for drive-through parades. Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:00:00 GMT /news/2021-02-16/in-a-year-without-parades-mardi-gras-in-new-orleans-is-all-about-house-floats Aubri Juhasz /2019-03-04/for-mardi-gras-a-parade-celebrates-mexican-immigrants-in-new-orleans New Orleans krewes stage parades through the city in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras. This year, a krewe formed by Mexican immigrants, Krewe de Mayahuel, showcased Mexican history and art. Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:04:00 GMT /2019-03-04/for-mardi-gras-a-parade-celebrates-mexican-immigrants-in-new-orleans Adolfo Guzman-Lopez