Mardi Gras colors are purple (representing justice), gold (power) and green (faith). Amazon has many options for decorations and accessories, from dramatic eye masks to stylish beads. Here are ...

Everything from eye masks to those colorful beads to the krewes of New Orleans putting on parades all holds this cultural significance. The history behind Mardi Gras is fascinating but doesn't ...

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” For the Bryan Museum in Galveston’s annual Mardi Gras exhibit, program director and curator Meg Tucker wanted something that once again ...

Every year, she gets commissions for purple, green, and gold masks to wear at Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, and last year, the organizer of that city’s Mardi Gras Mask Market invited her to ...

Barry Ancelet’s experience with south Louisiana Mardi Gras runs began in the saddle of a borrowed horse in Mamou in 1977. It hasn’t ended yet. The professor emeritus from the University of ...