ASHBOURNE, England (AP) — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other. Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside to ...

After the double grand march at the conclusion of the Carnival season of almost two months, the monarchs of the Rex ...

Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras, leaving the city covered in detritus ...

The grand finale of Mardi Gras 2025 came Shrove Tuesday evening with the traditional Meeting of the Courts of the Mistick ...

Benny Lipson’s one-man Broadway Brass Band makes catchy, funky versions of show tunes, as well as the occasional Jewish song.

Hundreds gathered at the Casino on Shrove Tuesday to enjoy pancakes and sausages under the atrium in advance of Ash Wednesday ...

Growing up, I loved my mother's traditional Guyanese pancakes but often was unsure why they were even called pancakes, as ...

The last day of Mardi Gras is here. Parades line the streets of New Orleans as people celebrate Fat Tuesday before Ash ...

Everyone is keeping their eyes on the skies in New Orleans as severe weather on the horizon could put a damper on the finale ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

The 200-plus-year-old North Side Skull and Bone Gang starts out in Tremé around 5 a.m., reminding residents to remember their ...

Like New Orleans, the small village of Schaijk in the Netherlands is also celebrating Carnaval on Tuesday — and making an ...