This year, March 4 is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, the last day of the Carnival season. It's celebrated in New Orleans and around the United States and the world with parades, balls and parties.

banning both masked balls and public disguises. By the 1850s, a group of men in New Orleans established a secret society to help celebrate the holiday. The city’s first Mardi Gras Krewe was born.

Each city has their own vibrant traditions, balls and parades. New Orleans has become a national destination for Mardi Gras, especially on the weekend before Fat Tuesday. But the Mississippi ...

It’s marked with parades, balls and celebrations ... Fat Tuesday is the English translation of Mardi Gras. While Mardi Gras is often used, inaccurately, to refer to the entirety of the Carnival ...