Nice, France, hosts the "Battle of the Flowers," one of the world's largest Mardi Gras celebrations. Elaborate floats adorned with 3,000 flowers parade along the famous Promenade des Anglais.

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

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While today New Orleans is the nexus of Mardi Gras celebrations in the U.S., it actually started around 140 miles east ... for the first time in the New World by French pioneers at Twenty-Seven ...

we get people to come from all over the world. They never see us because we’re in our own communities." “Why we’re in our communities? Because they wouldn’t let us be apart of Mardi Gras.

The crew of Bacchus got *** little bit self-centered with their theme as reflected by this theme float, the title, the undersea world of Bacchus ... Bacchus Parade. Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday ...

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Mardi Gras floats “could become unstable” and heavy winds could “blow down trees and power lines,” the National Weather Service warned, adding gusts of up to 60 mph (97 kph) were expected ...

Carnival Season’s final parades in Louisiana’s most populous city, which is world-famous for its Mardi Gras bash, were moved to earlier time slots — with masked riders on elaborate floats ...

“It’s no other state in the world that can do it like this. I don’t care what kind of festivals that they have. New Orleans Mardi Gras is the bomb,” said Gwendolyn Ford.