But what sets Fat Thursday, Fat Tuesday, and Mardi Gras apart? Fat Thursday: Originating in Poland and Central Europe, Fat Thursday, or “Tłusty Czwartek” in Polish, marks the last Thursday ...

Learn when Mardi Gras will be in 2025. The South unequivocally owns Mardi Gras. Between our over-the-top festivities in New ...

Rita Moreno celebrated her 93rd birthday with friends and family at a Mardi Gras-themed party, telling PEOPLE she still gets ...

Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal will serve as the King of Krewe of Bacchus for the 2025 Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras 2014 is wrapping up with a bang in New Orleans with today's Fat Tuesday celebrations. The party's been as wild as ever this year, before the self-denial season of Lent begins.

King Zulu has reigned in the streets of New Orleans nearly every Fat Tuesday since 1909 ... By 2005 the Zulu parades were premiere Mardi Gras events with lavish floats. Gone was the raggedy ...

and they sometimes top their king cakes with Mardi Gras decorations. While king cake traditionally is eaten during Carnival season (from Jan. 6 through Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent begins ...