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We All Know the Drill for How to Get Mardi Gras Beads — Here Is the Meaning Behind Them
Every year, cities across the United States pause in March to celebrate an annual festival known as Mardi Gras. The celebrations are most concentrated in areas such as New Orleans, Mobile, and other ...
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Innovative program puts Mardi Gras beads to good use after the party is over: 'A big impact'
While New Orleans usually gets all the attention during the Mardi Gras season, many states in the Deep South go all out when ...
Arc of Acadiana is collecting beads for its annual Mardi Gras Bead Drive, an initiative to support individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities across Acadiana. Through this ...
NEW ORLEANS — You probably have a big bag of Mardi Gras beads in your home right now. Or maybe you've already recycled them to one of the non-profits. But now one krewe hopes to lighten your load next ...
Mardi Gras has a reputation for making a lot of trash. Waste can add up to millions of pounds each year. But some Krewes are finding new ways to cut down on their environmental footprint. At the Krewe ...
If you've ever been to a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, then you're probably familiar with the sea of unwanted beads, flashing toys and plastic packaging left in the wake of the last float to pass ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — It’s that time of ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Krispy Kreme is offering free donuts in exchange for Mardi Gras beads at one location in Baton Rouge. People can receive a coupon for a free dozen Krispy Kreme original ...
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — There were literally tons of beads and other things flying off floats and into the hands of Mardi Gras revelers for weeks. What do you do with all that stuff now? In ...
METAIRIE, La. — Krispy Kreme is offering a dozen doughnuts for every 12 pounds of Mardi Gras beads donated, according to Nola.com. Residents can donate their unwanted beads to the Metairie and Baton ...
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