NEW ORLEANS — 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 with ...

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 ...

WHO. THAT’S RIGHT. TRAVERS, I’VE ALREADY SEEN A FEW STRAGGLERS GOING DOWN THE STREET, BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. BUT I’M GOING TO TELL YOU GUYS I AM READY TO GO. I GOT MY COSTUME ON ...

The Carnival season has come to a close, and it's time to decide what to do with your collection of magnificent throws. If you're not inclined to keep your beads in a corner of your garage to collect ...

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 with outstretched ...

Fat Tuesday is the biggest day of the year for the Carnival Season and every year hundreds of thousands of people travel to the Big Easy to line the streets and catch beads thrown from the floats.

The Krewe of Freret Mardi Gras has announced it will not permit riders to throw plastic beads in 2025 in “the name of environmental sustainability, community responsibility, and thought leadership,” ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Krewe of Freret is making a significant change for Carnival season in 2025. The Krewe on Tuesday (Feb. 27) announced a new ban on throwing traditional, plastic, and often ...