Updated: Feb. 14, 2024 at 10:45 AM
New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras (12 images)
By Wade Sheridan
Mardi Gras celebrations come to the French Quarter in New Orleans for Fat Tuesday on February 13, 2024. Multiple parades with colorful floats travel the streets, throwing beads to large crowds.
Mardi Gras revelers in costume pose for a photo in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI
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A rider in the Zulu parade tosses beads to the crowd. Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI
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Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, which refers to the practice of consuming food in preparation for Lent. Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI
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