In Branch, VaCajun is busy crafting hundreds of Courir de Mardi Gras costumes. We got an inside look at their meticulous ...

Carnival season is just around the corner, and we have a list of parades, chicken runs, and events happening around Acadiana.

Mardi Gras is a well-known and cherished holiday in Louisiana, with its parades, marching bands, beads and balls. But Mardi Gras is more than parades and doubloons. In southwest Louisiana, many rural ...

For much of the world, Mardi Gras and Carnival season bring to mind colorful beads, grand balls and decked-out floats. But deep in the heart of some Louisiana small towns, revelers take joy in a much ...

Women in Tee-Mamou are keeping the tradition of the Cajun courir de Mardi Gras alive, going from house to house begging for gumbo ingredients and causing mischief. More than 50 women on Saturday ...

Rene A. Rost Middle School students in the Lache Pas program, which focuses on preserving and teaching LouisianaÕs French culture, wear traditional Mardi Gras costumes Monday, January 30, 2023, in ...

It's official: Beaumont City Manager Kenneth Williams was initiated as a Southeast Texan during one of the city's famous Mardi Gras traditions. Williams did the honors of tossing the chicken into the ...

VERMILIONVILLE, La. (KLFY) — Courir de Mardi Gras in Vermilionville allows visitors to experience Carnival as our Cajun forebears did. The event will take place Feb. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and ...

Mayor Roy West my have been sworn into office nine months ago, but he officially earned his stripes as a Beaumont mayor Thursday, tossing out the chickens during the Courir de Mardi Gras parade at the ...