Fat Tuesday is the biggest day ... the Big Easy to line the streets and catch beads thrown from the floats. Michael Sampey has been coming to New Orleans to see the many floats for over 20 years.

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday. Many parades are on ... necks hunched from a hefty haul of shimmery beads, were renowned Black masking Indians, whose ...

Webber, a New ... Orleans. “People were encouraged to use up butter, oil, and meat products and not have them on hand because they could not be eaten during Lent – hence (how) Fat Tuesday ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -Fat Tuesday marks the last day of ... big business for us,” said Senior Vice President of New Orleans & Company, Kelly Schulz. Beads are a huge part of the season, being ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ Carnival season is nearing its “Fat Tuesday” climax ... green and gold bead necklaces as they sipped drinks. The annual pre-Lenten festivities aren't ...

More on Fat Tuesday, New Orleans' cultural celebration The cultural ... eating king cake and sharing bead necklaces with gold, green and purple. Rio de Janeiro's famed Carnival celebration begins ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -New Orleans is famous for its over-the-top ... Festivities wrap up at midnight after Fat Tuesday.

While Fat Tuesday is most often associated with colorful beads and parades in New Orleans, the holiday has a long history and interesting traditions. In the United States, the first-ever Fat ...

NEW ORLEANS — Happy Mardi Gras! Parades are rolling this Fat Tuesday ... Charles Avenue & Calliope Street Tuesday Morning Thousands of revelers adorned in beads and outlandish costumes will ...