Krewes all over St. Louis are busy crafting floats, but Ryan Marshall makes some of Mardi Gras' biggest at the VP St. Louis Parade Den.

Interested in venturing out of Louisiana for Mardi Gras? Some of the biggest parades of the season are happening on Fat Tuesday this year, plus a few beloved local celebrations in Bay St. Louis.

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Natives speak a poetic dialect that melds English, Cajun, Spanish, African and Creole expressions into a gumbo stew of original tenses and syntax. If language is the key to cultural identity, then New Orleanians are in a class of their own.

The krewe previously announced a change to the route after weather previously postponed the parade. Organizers said they will use the old route, lining up on Highway 603 and traveling east on U.S. 90 and making a loop-turn around at the Bay St. Louis Post Office to continue back west on U.S. 90 and ending at the Waveland Avenue disbanding area.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we celebrate Mardi Gras with a North American Carnival roundtable. From the snow in Quebec to the streets of St. Louis and the beaches of Galveston, we learn how these cities are making Mardi Gras their own.

There will be plenty of parades around New Orleans on Tuesday, March 4. There will even be parades for dog lovers after the official carnival season ends. Here's when and where to catch these parades, according to Mardi Gras New Orleans. For specific parade routes, click the link on the corresponding parade.

VP St. Louis was founded in 1878 by a former Confederate soldier from New Orleans. The VP initially stood for Veiled Prophet, a figurehead that would come out at the group’s parades with a white ...

St. Louis, Missouri, Gavelston, Texas and cities throughout Louisiana, it's most famously celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans takes Mardi Gras seriously, with traditions including ...