Mardi Gras Fast Facts

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Revelers parade through the French Quarter during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 12.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Flag boy Leroy Ross of the Wild of the Nation Mardi Gras Indians sings in front of the Backstreet Cultural Museum in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Nick Mahshie and Anne Devalence, dressed as “Abe Lincoln and his mistress,” participate in Mardi Gras celebrations in the Faubourg Marigny.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens walks the parade route after getting off a float during the Krewe of Zulu parade.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – A reveler dangles beads off a balcony on Bourbon Street.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Lorraine Summers of New Orleans, dressed as Medusa, celebrates Mardi Gras in the French Quarter.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Sunpie Barnes, big chief of the Northside Skull & Bones gang, walks around the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans on Tuesday morning.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Revelers in costume watch from a window at Mimi’s bar as people gather on the street below.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Kamil del Toro, dressed as a Day of the Dead sugar skull, participates in celebrations in the French Quarter.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Flag boy Leroy Ross of the Wild of the Nation Mardi Gras Indians crosses Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans.

Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans – Brody Bell, 6, runs across Pere Antoine Alley dressed as a bald eagle skeleton.