Here's the meaning behind those flashy Mardi Gras beads. If you attend a Mardi Gras ... royal and mythological figures, organizing to throw different items representing wealth to the people ...

China, the source of most parade throws, was the target of some of the highest import duties. On Wednesday, Trump added a 34% ...

The City of Lake Charles partnered with a local non-profit to help collect beads that clients at Autism Services will clean and sort them to re-sell. “Then we turn around and are able to sell them to ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald Float riders throw beads to the crowd during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras parade in Biloxi on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald Parade ...

Are you enjoying Mardi Gras? We want to see your photos from ... Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald Members of Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse throw beads during the krewe’s Lundi Gras parade in Bay St ...

Thousands of revelers sporting beads and outlandish costumes ... holds a hand-painted coconuts he plans to throw into the crowd as he ride atop a float for a Mardi Gras Day parade on Tuesday ...

shimmery beads tossed from floats, streets lined with costumed revelers, lavish balls and seafood boils — Louisiana’s 2025 Carnival Season is approaching its grand conclusion. Mardi Gras or Fat ...

Those 2026 throw packages, as they’re known ... Other throws, such as the popular Mardi Gras bead bags — which were already taxed — will now be charged tariffs as high as 102%, he estimated.