The city is requiring more police officers at parades this year, putting higher costs on smaller, independent krewes vital to ...

It depends on the date of Easter, and therefore the date of Pancake Day, moves around with the Lunar Calendar. Easter is ...

Pancake Day is on Tuesday, March 4 in 2025. The day changes every year, according to when Lent falls, although Pancake Day always falls in February or March. Ash Wednesday always follows Shrove ...

What is Shrove Tuesday and when is it celebrated? - Butter your frying pans because Pancake Day is nearly upon us ...

Every Carnival in Tenosique, Tabasco, wooden men, priestesses and jaguars ritually overcome an evil god in the dance of El Pochó.

Mardi Gras, which began as a religious holiday, has become a weeks-long celebration, one that gives millions the chance to ...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, has been in full swing since Jan. 6 and will close with a final celebration on March 4 with a Fat Tuesday celebration.

Easter 2025 season is late this year. 'Fat Tuesday' Mardi Gras will give way to Ash Wednesday and kick off the start of Lent. Here's when Lent begins ...

If your bakery, supermarket, church or community group is making and selling fastnachts, we want to know so we can include it in our listing of places where people can find these traditional ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, falls on March 4 this year and gives people one last night to party ...

It's the apotheosis of Carnival, marking the end of the "week of seven fat days" before Lent, the liturgical period of devotion to God during which people fast. A day of festivities during which rich ...