Just a few minutes from the school parades in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, there’s a huge workforce stitching, fixing, sweeping up feathers and sequins, and assembling floats and instruments.

The Kentucky Derby Festival is a celebration packed with more than 70 events leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Here’s a look at the top 17 events ...

The satirical Mardi Gras troupe emphasized local humor -- and strenuously avoided any shots at the sitting president.

Powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday just as huge parades and costumed revelers are set to celebrate Mardi Gras in ...

Palmerton resident and contributing writer Lynn Shupp brings us a firsthand look from Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, which ...

Zulu float 25-B struck a tree at St. Charles Avenue and Jackson Avenue as it was trying to attempt the turn at the intersection.

Powerful storms were threatening communities across the country with weather ranging from fire in the Southern High Plains to ...

A newly opened float barn in Mobile aims to be inclusive to anyone who wants to store their Mardi Gras floats and join in on ...

A successful Mardi Gras used to be measured by how much waste it produced. Now, the world's largest free festival is trying to clean up.

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In 1980, the Krewe of Bacchus delighted crowds with their uniquely detailed parade floats. Inspired by aquatic explorer Jacques Cousteau, "The undersea world of Bac-Chu-Steau" was ...