In New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, I, surely, wasn’t ready for the ... A lithe woman in crocodile mask and a wagging scaly ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early ... people donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New ...

Ready your feathered face mask ... it's time for Mardi Gras. The Christian feasting period-turned-cultural phenomenon dates back thousands of years, and while New Orleans takes the cake for ...

“While many of the customs of Mardi Gras in Louisiana are similar – parades, masks, king cake, debutante balls, etc – the primary difference between New Orleans Mardi Gras and that of the ...