Carnival is coming to a close and metro Detroiters will soon be lining up to stock up on paczki, a Mardi Gras favorite. Fat Tuesday — "mardi gras" in French — is Tuesday, Feb. 17, one last hurrah ...

If you’ve heard of Mardi Gras, you’ve heard of Fat Tuesday. Known as Mardi Gras in French-speaking cultures, Fat Tuesday is also called Carnival Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Tuesday. Regardless ...

In the Mardi Gras Indian, or Black Masking Indian, tradition, the big chiefs and their crews — spy boys, flag boys, wild men ...

Shreveport-centric Mardi Gras celebrations can be traced all the way back to Shreveport’s Reconstruction period. The first recorded Mardi Gras celebration was in 1874. It was followed the next year by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David McNew/Getty Images Today is Fat Tuesday, the final celebration before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Previous Mardi ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - February 27, 1827. A group of masked and costumed students, inspired by experiences in Paris, danced through the streets of New Orleans, becoming the city’s first Mardi Gras.