Every year, Black residents of New Orleans don stunning, handmade suits on Mardi Gras day that are sewn in secret for the better part of a year. It's a tradition they say honors ancestors.

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NEW ORLEANS — Changes may be coming to the Thursday-before-Mardi Gras parade lineup, according to NOLA.com. Representatives from the Knights of Chaos, Babylon, and Muses have suggested starting the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS — From the porch of his family’s home in Uptown New Orleans, Gerard “Little Bo” Dollis remembers being small enough to ...

Big Chief Demond Melancon wears his Red Cloud suit amongst other members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal Street stopped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Participants in the 13th Annual Zaniest Golf Cart Parade drive down The Strand on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in Galveston. (Jon ...

The streets of New Orleans have officially turned green, purple and gold as folks travel from across the world to celebrate Mardi Gras. Starting on Tuesday (Feb. 17), the birthplace of jazz is hosting ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...