Design, including leg warmers and fringe pieces that connect to a belt loop and run down to the ankle. Jamie Hebert, who owns two courir de Mardi Gras costumes from Sew What! Design, said the ...

For more than a decade, this family-run costume shop has been the go-to for over 50 Mardi Gras krewes, crafting elaborate ...

(KLFY) — The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition is still ... Both said the costumes are traditionally used as a disguise. “Whenever they’re on the run, and they’re drinking and cutting up ...

Across central and south Louisiana, groups of men dress in fringed costumes ... called the Courir de Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday run), they'll dance and sing for homeowners, collect ...

which is led by the "capitaine" of Mardi Gras. During the run, participants are dressed in traditional, celebratory costumes consisting of fringed clothing, bizarre masks and tall, conical hats.

Karen Thibodeaux, the owner of Vacajun is known for making costumes for the Mardi Gras season. It was orginally just a sewing business at her home, but it progressed to Mardi Gras ball gowns and ...

a group of students wearing colorful costumes danced through the streets of New Orleans, copying the festivities they saw while visiting Paris. A decade later in 1837, the first Mardi Gras street ...

Details Far from a run-of-the-mill Mardi Gras parade, this family-friendly ... From Astronauts to Aliens” and features awards for best costume, most creative and best dog-owner combo.

some people will take part in the Cajun French tradition of the Courir de Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday Run. These rural processions, with links to rituals from medieval France, feature masked and ...

JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) - Jennings kicked off Mardi Gras celebrations with a chicken run and costume contest. Teaching children about Cajun culture is what the Cajun French Music Association wants to ...