Like everything else, though, Carnival in New Orleans has evolved over time. Here’s a look back at the brief history of Mardi Gras throws. Throw me ... 2022. Beads, beads everywhere In 1921 ...

Longtime New Orleans resident Bonnie Hill stood ... There are ways to recycle the cheap, plastic beads that have become synonymous with Mardi Gras, but many end up in landfills.

During the peak weeks of Mardi Gras ... New Orleans. Spectators in flamboyant costumes wriggle their hips, raise their go cups and stretch out their hands to receive a rainfall of plastic beads ...

"The waste is becoming a defining characteristic of this event," said Brett Davis, a New Orleans native who grew up catching beads at Mardi Gras parades. He now heads a nonprofit that works to ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

In New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, I, surely, wasn’t ready for ... begging float riders and balcony huggers to throw beads, ...

Every year, cities across the United States pause in March to celebrate an annual festival known as Mardi Gras. The celebrations are most concentrated in areas such as New Orleans, Mobile ...

FILE – Revelers throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel onto crowds on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities in the French Quarter in New Orleans, March 8, 2011.

The beads. So many beads ... Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity ...

Of all the gifts thrown at the New Orleans parades, one of the newest and most unusual is a collection of South Asian family recipes. By Sara Bonisteel They throw ... of the Mardi Gras Guide ...