Beads

With the Lafayette Mardi Gras celebrations underway, we know what many of you have on your mind.

France may have originated the idea of Mardi Gras in 1294, but New Orleans perfected it.

The parades have finished rolling and the Hurricane ride is packed up on the truck, all that's left of Mardi Gras are the headaches and the beads.

Tired of looking at that pile of old Mardi Gras beads? Turn them into a gorgeous mosaic in just ten minutes with this quick tutorial from ilovetocreate.com.

I thought I was ready for Mardi Gras until I saw this video.

As evidenced in this video (featuring on-air personalities from Townsquare Media Lafayette), the rules for catching beads at parades vary. Tremendously.

While at a Mardi Gras parade recently I was posed the question by some folks from Quebec, "Why do they throw beads?"

As we enter into Mardi Gras weekend in South Louisiana, we often remind ourselves of the two different type Mardi Gras celebrations in Acadiana and in South Louisiana. In the smaller communities of Acadiana, the Courir De Mardi Gras is the choice of celebration when it comes to Mardi Gras celebrations. However, in the larger cities like Lafayette and New Orleans Mardi Gras does NOT resemble the Co