Nice, France, hosts the "Battle of the Flowers," one of the world's largest Mardi Gras celebrations. Elaborate floats adorned with 3,000 flowers parade along the famous Promenade des Anglais.

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Mardi Gras, also often called Carnival or Carnaval, is celebrated in countries around the world with large Roman Catholic populations. Louisiana was colonized first by the French before it became ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

The Maids of Jubilee, the Eastern Shore’s first all-female Carnival organization, took folks on a trip around the world Friday night – with themed floats highlighting different parts the globe.

While today New Orleans is the nexus of Mardi Gras celebrations in the U.S., it actually started around 140 miles east ... for the first time in the New World by French pioneers at Twenty-Seven ...

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 ...

A small party was held but that is not considered the first Mardi Gras celebration in the New World. That title goes to Mobile Alabama. Though there is some debate, historians say as early as 1703 ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — As millions celebrate Mardi Gras around the world, Dauphine's, a New Orleans-inspired restaurant in downtown D.C., is ready to "let the good times roll." Mardi Gras is ...