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Rio Carnival : A Big Bum Trip

From Goa, India to Thessaloniki, Greece, from Berlin, Germany to New Orleans, Louisiana,....millions of folks the world over have been waiting all year for this Mardi Gras weekend. This is the time anything goes,...

Fantasy Fest 2009 Photos From Duval Street

Photos taken during Fantasy Fest in Key West October 2009. Lots of body paint and not much clothes! Some of these people SHOULD put clothes on! (***Should not be viewed by children!)

Fantasy Fest 2009 Photos of Girls and Bodypaint

More Fantasy Fest 2009 in Key West, Florida

Zulu coconut delivered to President Obama

"WASHINGTON -- A specially designed Zulu coconut made its way from Capitol Hill to the White House this afternoon on its way to its presentation to President Barack Obama. The delegation said the president promised to find a good spot to display it. The car carrying the...

Pączki Day Recipes, History, and the Dreaded Calorie Count

A pączek is a traditional Polish doughnut traditionally eaten on Fat Thursday, the Thursday which falls before Lent.  Pączki are deep-fried and shaped like a sphere, often filled with a sweet filling and...

Litter targets this Mardi Gras season

" BY MARY CATHARINE MARTINTHE DAILY IBERIAN Published/Last Modified on Friday, February 13, 2009 2:00 PM CST People may look festive in the beads thrown from floats...

Memorable Mardi Gras Recipes: Celebrating Fat Tuesday in Style

“I started making calls a week after Katrina. The captains all said the same thing: you can take away our homes, but you can’t take away our Mardi Gras.”–Arthur Hardy * * * * * * In times of excess, New...

Mardi Gras debut with Krewe du Vieux 'Stimulus package'

Expect to see pigs and lots of pigs' ears. "For a stock-market crash course in freakonomics, head downtown Saturday when Krewe du Vieux presents its Stimulus Package. The raunchy and satirical parade hits the...

Mardi Gras 2008 New Orleans

The most incredible community partyMardi Gras 2008Superbowl Sunday? Who cares, the weather was beautiful. The crowds on St. Charles were ecstatic.There is no way to explain it. Even when you are there in the...

NEW ORLEANS -- The return of Endymion was marked with tragedy.

 On Saturday night, a rider on the captain’s float fell off and was killed.  The accident happened outside the Superdome just after the float paraded through the Endymion Extravaganza, which takes place inside the Superdome.  The back of the...

Carnival Season Underway (Neckties Strongly Discouraged)

Update: Another facet of the Carnival season is Weiberfastnacht, or the Women's Carnival. It's a German thing: six days before Ash Wednesday, ladies roam the streets, snipping off guys' ties and kissing them....

Fat Tuesday and Super Tuesday to Overlap for First Time

For the first time ever, “Fat Tuesday” and “Super Tuesday” – this year dubbed “Super Duper Tuesday” — fall on the same day, Feb. 5.If you’re not familiar with the term, Fat Tuesday, you might be quicker to recognize it by its French name, Mardi Gras. Each...

Washed Away: My Katrina Memoir

    NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience.        Would it be a...

It is Fat Tuesday! Happy Mardi Gras

Happy Mardi Gras everyone.  I added stories from the scene, a highlight on our own FluxRostrum, and even a piece on the web community and their links to Mardi Gras.  Anyone have any beads? Photographs...

Bigger Mardi Gras Crowd Prompts Potty Problem

"Joe Briand recalled a less-than-fond Mardi Gras run-in with the law almost a decade ago, when hundreds of revelers were hopping a fence at a local school to use the playground as an impromptu bathroom. With no restrooms to be found, Briand and two cohorts -- well into a long...

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