(WVLT) - Gumbo, red beans and rice, king cake and Mardi Gras: word you normally associate with New Orleans. Well today, you could find the carnival fever in Knoxville at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. It wasn't just a night of fun though,
How about Mardi Gras? The beverage of choice in New Orleans this coming week will be the Hurricane Cocktail. I should be embarrassed to admit this, but I first sampled the Hurricane last year at a Fat Tuesday party, where it
Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, will be celebrated Tuesday. The day represents lively celebrations before Lent, the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter. During Lent, people express repentance through fasting, prayer, sacrifice and self-denial.
Everything -- from the cut of the masks to the thousands of pounds of plum-colored beads tossed from Iris' 33 gargantuan floats -- must pass muster.
But when it comes to a great place for families to celebrate Mardi Gras, residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast feel they have a treasure. Mostly staged just for locals in the past, the coast's celebration has become better known over the years and
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