Whenever you think of Mardi Gras, you probably think parades, floats and beads being thrown in the air, but there is another side of Mardi Gras that’s not as widely known outside of the Cajun and ...

For 12 years Karen Thibodeaux has made Mardi Gras costumes for people to wear as they chase chickens. Well, there’s more to it than that. In Branch, in rural Acadia Parish, Thibodeaux and her staff ...

Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday,” is celebrated around the world, but here in Southwest Louisiana, our Mardi Gras celebration is closely connected to our Catholic faith and historically French heritage.

When thinking about Louisiana Mardi Gras, the first thing that usually comes to mind is New Orleans Mardi Gras, with its crowned royalty and elaborate parades. However, the most authentic Louisiana ...

Women in Tee-Mamou are keeping the tradition of the Cajun courir de Mardi Gras alive, going from house to house begging for gumbo ingredients and causing mischief. More than 50 women on Saturday ...

In Louisiana’s Cajun country, the Courir de Mardi Gras festival brings a frenzy of mischief-making. Festival participants—individually and collectively called “Mardi Gras”—run through the fields ...

For much of the world, Mardi Gras and Carnival season bring to mind colorful beads, grand balls and decked-out floats. But deep in the heart of some Louisiana small towns, revelers take joy in a much ...

People love to joke that Carnival season, which officially begins on Twelfth Night and lasts until Mardi Gras day, causes revelers to come down with “glitter lung”—a sparkly faux-disease contracted by ...