Karen Thibodeaux, the owner of Vacajun is known for making costumes for the Mardi Gras season. It was orginally just a sewing business at her home, but it progressed to Mardi Gras ball gowns and ...

EUNICE, La. (KLFY) — The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition is still celebrated in Cajun Country, along with its traditional costumes. However, there are few traditional costume makers left. Susana Ortego ...

In Branch, VaCajun is busy crafting hundreds of Courir de Mardi Gras costumes. We got an inside look at their meticulous ...

Happy Mardi Gras to all the glue gun wielders and DIY costumers in New Orleans. Here are a few that caught our eye. The ...

Crawfish boils. Disco balls. Popeyes chicken and biscuits. Barbie girls. And a bunch of Morris Bart. All of these things are pretty iconic in New Orleans, but Mardi Gras revelers made these items ...

Once a year, New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood comes alive in a rainbow of intricately beaded costumes and feathers, paraded through the streets in a mesmerizing “strut.” In a city known for its ...

As the final days of Carnival build to Fat Tuesday, a host of parades, celebrity guests and krewes are preparing to hit the streets. Many of the parades won’t reveal their themes or royals until ...

People donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New Orleans’ historic Treme neighborhood as the sun rose Tuesday, determined to beat an expected storm and celebrate Mardi Gras Day ...

In February and March, Christian communities around the globe mark the approach of Lent, a solemn season of fasting, with a celebration lasting late into the night. Brazil’s Carnival and New Orleans’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People donning skeleton ...