The exhibit includes life-sized cabin reconstructions with beds, tables and chairs, and more than 130 types of artifacts.

The Government recently refused to commit to following through on a pledge to ban the import of foie gras – which is not ...

Tuesday is Mardi Gras, also known by its English translation Fat Tuesday. It's the festival that happens before the start of Lent, the 40-day period observed by certain Christian denominations ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The heightened police presence in New Orleans during Mardi Gras helped deliver one of the safest Carnival seasons in recent history, according to law enforcement officials and ...

ACTIVISTS have staged a protest outside a Winchester wine lounge in an attempt to force it to take foie gras off its menu. Margaux Lounge, on Jewry Street, had already come under fire from PETA for ...

Why isn't Mardi Gras on the same day? Mardi Gras falls on a different date each year because it is based on a system that revolves around Easter, which also doesn't occur on the same day every year.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

Celebrate Mardi Gras 2025 with joy, colour, and festivity. Share these top 30 wishes, images, messages, and status updates to spread the Fat Tuesday spirit. Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a lively ...

Mardi Gras is a celebratory day marking the close of the pre-Lenten season. It's celebrated in France on Shrove Tuesday − which is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday − according to brittanica.com.

Mardi Gras is almost over. Beginning as a religious holiday observed prior to the Christian Lenten season, Mardi Gras has since expanded from a single day of observation to weeks (or months) of ...

AN ANIMAL rights group has exhorted a Winchester wine lounge to scrap foie gras from its menu. Margaux Lounge in Jewry Street has already been criticised by locals for serving the luxury dish, the ...